Rhetorical devices are essential “condiments” of any interesting speech, since no speech can be effective without them. Therefore, Harris (2008) asserts that in every text, they come after an appropriate and clear thesis, sufficient supporting arguments as well as a logical and progressive arrangement of ideas. The inherent beauty and effect of rhetorical devices is that they are potential tools of persuasion, particularly in argumentative speeches, such as those in courts of law, for example. Therefore, Onyemelukwe and Alo (2011) identify them as essential “ingredients” of courts’ persuasive linguistic strategies. The above indicates that rhetorical devices are discourse strategies that go hand in hand with the beauty of expression. This beauty of expression is a function of the color that they add to the statements of the participants in the speech. In other words, rhetorical devices, whether linguistic or traditional, elevate the interlocutors' expressions by deepening their meaning to make them generally connotative. A careful examination of previous definitions of the proverb immediately demonstrates that it is a linguistic resource with immense discursive value. As such, it fits perfectly into the conceptualization of the rhetorical device, particularly with reference to the definitions (b, c, d, i and j). As a rhetorical device, the proverb belongs to the traditional category and not to the linguistic type. See Onyemelukwe, Alo and Ibeana (2011) as well as Onyemelukwe and Fatuase (2012) for clear distinctions between traditional rhetorical and linguistic devices. Like other traditional rhetorical devices such as figures of speech, axioms, and idioms, proverbs can be conventional or creative. They are conventional if commonly used, but creative if middle of paper...... Proceedings, pp. 80-87. October 2013. Onyemelukwe, Ndubuisi H. and Oriaku, Remmy O. (2011). Achebe's Things Fall Apart as a Compendium of Africanness: An International Conference Paper, University of Lagos. P. 8, Book of Abstracts.Onyemelukwe, NH, Oriaku, RO and Ibeana, WE (2011): Traditional Rhetorical Devices as Discourse Strategies in Achebe's Anthills: An International Award-Winning Conference Paper Presented at the 7th Conference and Fair Research Annual of the University of Lagos, October 2011. Collection of abstracts, p.5. Padoye, Elizabeth O. (2013). Proverbs as Conveyors of Meaning in Chinua Achebe's ThingsFall Apart, a BA Seminar Paper: National Open University of Nigeria, Lagos.Templar, Richard (2008). The rules of parenthood. England: Pearson Education Limited.