English II
Mrs. Zentz
Julius Caesar’s Antony Speech
Antony is a very skilled orator--a person distinguished for speaking well in public. Although he remarks in the
play that he is a “plain blunt man,” he in fact possesses great rhetorical skill. Antony’s funeral oration for
Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s most famous speeches, and it most fully reveals its power and cleverness when
spoken aloud.
Your task is to rewrite Antony’s speech into a dialect of your choosing.
A dialect is defined as “a provincial, rural, or socially distinct variety of a language that differs from the
standard language, especially when considered as substandard.”
Examples: red neck, pirate, yolo, gangster, cowboy, surfer etc. Have fun with it!
Directions
Rewrite Antony speech into a dialect of your
choosing while maintaining heart and meaning of
speech. We will revise this draft with special focus
on Word Choice. (20 points)
Peer edit (20 points)
Presentation (10 points)
Memorization (+5 points)
Costume (+5 points)
Due Date
Thursday by midnight to turnitin.com
Friday
Monday & Tuesday
English II
Mrs. Zentz
Julius Caesar’s Antony Speech
Antony is a very skilled orator--a person distinguished for speaking well in public. Although he remarks in the
play that he is a “plain blunt man,” he in fact possesses great rhetorical skill. Antony’s funeral oration for
Caesar is one of Shakespeare’s most famous speeches, and it most fully reveals its power and cleverness when
spoken aloud.
Your task is to rewrite Antony’s speech into a dialect of your choosing.
A dialect is defined as “a provincial, rural, or socially distinct variety of a language that differs from the
standard language, especially when considered as substandard.”
Examples: red neck, pirate, yolo, gangster, cowboy, surfer etc. Have fun with it!
Directions
Rewrite Antony speech into a dialect of your
choosing while maintaining heart and meaning of
speech. We will revise this draft with special focus on
Word Choice. (20 points)
Peer edit (20 points)
Presentation (10 points)
Memorization (+5 points)
Costume (+5 points)
Due Date
Thursday by midnight to turnitin.com
Friday
Monday and Tuesday