Musawah uses wording proportionate to the intended sense. Ijaz achieves its aim briefly, either through compact richness (qasr) or intelligible omission (hadhf). Itnab expands speech for a distinct gain, such as emphasis, clarification, protection of meaning, or greater beauty.
Brevity that fails to communicate becomes ikhlal. Enlargement lacking benefit risks tatwil or hashw. All three are therefore judged in light of the audience and the communicative situation.
The following section addresses expression contrary to the apparent expectation, where rhetorical goals lead a speaker to depart from the most obvious surface construction.