LessonsImaginative and Implicit Metaphor, Reinforcement, and Critiques of al-SakkakiQuiz

AspectReinforcementImaginative attribution
Main questionWhat feature intensifies the figure?What nonliteral feature is imagined?
FocusA property suitable to the source imageAttributing a source feature to the subject
EffectStrengthens the metaphorCreates a vivid imagined form

This is a pedagogical distinction, not a claim that all rhetorical schools use identical definitions. Re-analyzing the components of one expression may alter its technical label.

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Imaginative and Implicit Metaphor, Reinforcement, and Critiques of al-Sakkaki

AspectReinforcementImaginative attribution
Main questionWhat feature intensifies the figure?What nonliteral feature is imagined?
FocusA property suitable to the source imageAttributing a source feature to the subject
EffectStrengthens the metaphorCreates a vivid imagined form

This is a pedagogical distinction, not a claim that all rhetorical schools use identical definitions. Re-analyzing the components of one expression may alter its technical label.