Rhetorical Devices Used By Cicero

repitition of initial letter/sound

repitition of a word at the beginning of a series of clauses/phrases

contrasting two ideas by setting up two contrasting words in correponding grammatical positions (oxymoron is a type where the paired words contradict each other)

repitition of vowel sounds within words

arrangement of words inpoosite or crisscrossing order for contrasting effect(A-B-C-C-B-A)

arrangement in a series with increasing force

overstatement or exaggeration

implying the opposite of what is actually said

implied comparison of one person/thing with another

substitution of a word that is related to or only suggestive of the more commonly used word

act of attributing human characteristics to things not human

mentioning a fact by pretending to pass over it

comparison whereby a person/thing is likened to another

referring to a part as if it were the whole (rarely vice versa)

use of three elements in a group

play on words where two words of similar sound but different meanings are employed (pun)