Al-Sakkaki on Derivative Metaphor, Implicit Metaphor, and the Role of Imaginative Clues

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• If al-maniyya means death literally, where should the figurative issue be investigated in “claws of death”?
• What is the central objection to claiming predatorhood for death?
• What is the important question about the qualification of respect?
• Which description fits “so-and-so’s death drew near”?
• Into what construction does al-Sakkaki attempt to reduce derivative metaphor?
• What is the focus of a derivative-metaphor analysis of “circumstances spoke”?
• In an implicit-metaphor reading of “circumstances spoke,” what is the concealed comparison source?
• Why can the same phrase receive derivative and implicit-metaphor analyses?
• What is asserted by “implicit metaphor does not separate from imaginative metaphor”?
• If implicit ⇒ imaginative is accepted, which conclusion does not automatically follow?
• What is the force of “may be an imagined matter”?
• What is the key attributional question in “spring caused the herbs to grow”?
• Why might “the commander defeated the army” invite analysis as figurative attribution?
• Which distinction between figurative attribution and lexical metaphor is correct?
• In an implicit analysis of “they break God’s covenant,” what role can “break” play?
• If covenant retains its literal meaning in “they break God’s covenant,” what rhetorical question remains?
• If a nonliteral expression also has a relation other than resemblance, what follows?
• What caution follows from noticing indication in “circumstances spoke”?
• The existence of an implicit metaphor without an imaginative one would challenge which assertion?
• Why is it flawed to treat “claws of death” as the necessary model for every implicit metaphor?
• How does a derivative-metaphor analysis read “swallow” in the address to the earth?
• In an implicit-metaphor analysis of “O earth, swallow your water,” what is the stated subject of comparison?
• What distinguishes recognizing a metaphor from judging its rhetorical excellence?
• Which method best fits the analysis of figurative statements in this level?
• If “caused to grow” retains its lexical meaning, where may a figure lie in “spring caused growth”?
• What must first be established when discussing the relation of implicit and imaginative metaphor?
• Despite competing classifications, what common expressive effect can remain?
• Attributing a predator feature to death necessarily changes the lexical meaning of al-maniyya.
• “Circumstances spoke” can be analyzed either through a transferred verb or as a clue to implicit metaphor.
• If implicit metaphor entails imaginative metaphor, the converse necessarily follows.
• “It may be imagined” proves all clues must be imaginary.
• In “spring caused the herbs to grow,” the verb may retain its sense while agency is assigned figuratively.
• Every figurative use involving some resemblance must automatically be called metaphor.