LessonsExplanatory Resumption (Istiʾnāf) and Types of Implied QuestionQuiz

In an answer to an implied question, a full noun may be repeated where a pronoun might have sufficed. This can foreground the referent, highlight a relevant quality, or make the answer clearer.

The intended effect depends on context; noun repetition does not carry one fixed rhetorical implication everywhere.

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Repeating a noun instead of a pronoun

Explanatory Resumption (Istiʾnāf) and Types of Implied Question

In an answer to an implied question, a full noun may be repeated where a pronoun might have sufficed. This can foreground the referent, highlight a relevant quality, or make the answer clearer.

The intended effect depends on context; noun repetition does not carry one fixed rhetorical implication everywhere.