Read the excerpt from
Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 2
This soothsayer's warning in this passage is an example
SOOTHSAYER. Beware the ides of March.
CAESAR. What man is that?
figurative language.
BRUTUS. A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.
CAESAR. Set him before me; let me see his face.
CASSIUS. Fellow, come from the throng; look upon Caesar.
CAESAR. What say'st thou to me now? Speak once again.
SOOTHSAYER. Beware the ides of March.
The smoothsayer’s warning in this passage is an example of:
a) figurative language
b) inversions
c) foreshadowing
d) hyperbole
