Hyperbaton an unusual word order, often to – draw attention to a particular word by putting it first or last in a sentence. E.g. 24: by the hyperbaton of delaying “plenum full and entire annum atque integrum” (“a year”) to the very end of the sentence, Cicero draws attention to the amount of time that Clodius wanted to secure as praetor to overthrow the Republic. Hyperbole exaggeration for effect – E.g. 25: in “fortissimum virum inimicissimum Cicero suum, certissimum (consulem)”, exaggerates each one of qualities Milo’s (“a very brave man, a very great enemy (to Clodius), and a very with certain consul”) superlatives. The hyperbole makes these qualities seem absolute, and help make the issue seem black and white: Milo was absolutely good, and Clodius (his enemy) therefore absolutely bad. Homoeoteleuton - the repetition of a sometimes called “end-rhyming” E.g. 25: in “fortissimum virum inimicissimum Cicero further suum, certissimum (consulem)”, exaggerates the hyperbole of the tricolon of superlatives very brave man, a very great (“a enemy, and a very by the certain consul”) repetition of the a striking ending “-um”, Irony - the expression of meaning by using words that mean the opposite, often for humorous or absurd effect E.g. 28: when contrasting Clodius and Milo, Cicero ironically refers to Milo as “hic insidiator” before immediately describing (“this plotter”) how totally ill-equipped he was to carry out an efficient attack. This makes the very idea of him as a murderer seem ridiculous.
Hyperbaton – an unusual word order, often to draw attention to a particular word by putting it first or last in a sentence. E.g. 24: by the hyperbaton of delaying “plenum annum atque integrum” (“a full and entire year”) to the very end of the sentence, Cicero draws attention to the amount of time that Clodius wanted to secure as praetor to overthrow the Republic. Hyperbole – exaggeration for effect E.g. 25: in “fortissimum virum inimicissimum suum, certissimum (consulem)”, Cicero exaggerates each one of Milo’s qualities (“a very brave man, a very great enemy (to Clodius), and a very certain consul”) with superlatives. The hyperbole makes these qualities seem absolute, and help make the issue seem black and white: Milo was absolutely good, and Clodius (his enemy) therefore absolutely bad. Homoeoteleuton - the repetition of a sometimes called “end-rhyming” E.g. 25: in “fortissimum virum inimicissimum suum, certissimum (consulem)”, Cicero further exaggerates the hyperbole of the tricolon of superlatives (“a very brave man, a very great enemy, and a very certain consul”) by the repetition of the ending “-um”, a striking Irony - the expression of meaning by using words that mean the opposite, often for humorous or absurd effect E.g. 28: when contrasting Clodius and Milo, Cicero ironically refers to Milo as “hic insidiator” (“this plotter”) before immediately describing how totally ill-equipped he was to carry out an efficient attack. This makes the very idea of him as a murderer seem ridiculous.