Paragraph #3
Brutus’ Fall from Grace
Julius Caesar
Name:_______________/ 50 pts KS
EXPECTATIONS/RUBRIC:
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Five comma rules, strictly enforced.
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Use the “formal paragraph template.” Keep the bolded headings.
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Include transitions (next, second, in addition, finally), especially for general statements 2 & 3.
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For the play Julius Caesar, use lead ins for each AWE that clarify who, what, when IS HAPPENING IN
THE PLAY. Put AWE in quotation marks followed by (Act, scene, lines #).
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Explanations must start with ABBI SAW A WUWU. DO NOT start with “This shows…”
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For an “A” paragraph: Total of SIX AWES (two must be from nonfiction articles – see flip side) and
explanations must be two or more sentences.
Directions: Explain how Antony manipulates the audience to side with him and turn against Brutus. Make sure
to cite specific persuasive techniques (general statements) and examples to support your points. Use the
worksheet for planning and identifying rhetorical devices. Must find and use complete AWEs from the play.
Topic Sentence:
General Statement #1 A.W.E. (s)
Explanation –
Transition, General Statement #2 –
A.W.E.(s)
Explanation
Transition, General Statement #3 A.W.E. (s)
Explanation
Concluding Sentence
Marc Antony Paragraph - Nonfiction AWEs
Remember to put the title of the article in quotation marks BEFORE the
borrowed information.
“Dictator vs Democracy”
Lead in, “Plato, following Greece’s victory in the Persian Wars, sought a return to stability and traditional
aristocratic values when he argued that the Philosopher King could best protect the simple minded populous
from the chaos of human nature” (paragraph 1, lines 5-11).
Lead in, “Both of these assertions were based on a series of connections made by the philosophers
regarding power and the way it can either be used to bring peace and prosperity or manipulated to bring
exploitation and ruin” (paragraph 1, lines17-22).
Lead in, “…Plato believed that man must be controlled and ruled or the result would be devastation.
This presence of a strong ruler would free ordinary people from the need to participate in government, while
also protecting the citizens of a nation from the mob rule sure to ensue if the uninformed and uneducated
classes were allowed to choose their rulers and laws (paragraph 2, lines 26-32).
Lead in, “He [Plato] believed that giving absolute power to the people would place the democratic government
in a position of being susceptible to exploitation from a charismatic demagogue” (paragraph 3, lines 1317.
Lead in, “ In essence, according to Aristotle, if given the chance to vote on every issue, people might find
themselves misled by a leader that presents himself as a man of the people, but really just has only his own
best interests in mind” ( paragraph3, lines 17-22).
“Historical Background to Julius Caesar”
Lead in, “He [Caesar]boldly sided with the common people’s party against the nobles, wooing the commoners
by spending his own wealth on public entertainments and tax relief” (paragraph 3, lines 8-12).
Lead in, “His [Caesar’s] popularity grew as he sent the people of Rome money from his numerous conquests”
(paragraph 4, lines 6-8).