LessonsClassifying Metaphor by Its Terms and Common Feature: Concordance, Opposition and InclusionQuiz

الاستعارة التهكمية والتمليحية
Metaphors involving derision or witty, playful reversal.

Tahakkum characteristically carries mockery, rebuke or contempt. Tamlīḥ can carry a witty or teasing twist, sometimes in a lighter tone. Both can employ a name in opposition to what is actually intended, which places them among opposing figures.

For example, “What a hero!” said unmistakably of a coward could convey irony, whereas the same words said of a courageous person might be ordinary praise. Punctuation or the expression alone cannot settle the issue; the situation and intention do.

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Irony and playful inversion

Classifying Metaphor by Its Terms and Common Feature: Concordance, Opposition and Inclusion

الاستعارة التهكمية والتمليحية
Metaphors involving derision or witty, playful reversal.

Tahakkum characteristically carries mockery, rebuke or contempt. Tamlīḥ can carry a witty or teasing twist, sometimes in a lighter tone. Both can employ a name in opposition to what is actually intended, which places them among opposing figures.

For example, “What a hero!” said unmistakably of a coward could convey irony, whereas the same words said of a courageous person might be ordinary praise. Punctuation or the expression alone cannot settle the issue; the situation and intention do.