Read the statement below then decide whether you agree or disagree with it. Be prepared to support
your opinion with details from the play. Here's your discussion prompt:
Obviously the characters in Shakespeare's play find Mark Antony's speech really
convincing, but Shakespeare wrote the play so that they would. But if you were to
remove the easily swayed audience and replace it with a more objective audience,
Mark Antony's speech would still stand up as a convincing work of rhetoric.
What do you think? Write a paragraph supporting your opinion and then write a reply paragraph. If you're
working with others, your reply paragraph should respond to the ideas of another student. If you're
working alone, your reply paragraph should support the opposite point of view from your own.