LessonsKinayah: Definition, Types and Rhetorical ModesQuiz

Another classification asks how many intermediary steps link the expression to its implication and whether that implication is clear or subtle. This introduces talwih, ramz, ima and isharah.

These classifications are not competitors. An expression can simultaneously be kinayah of an attribute and talwih because the former names the target and the latter describes the route to it.

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Another axis: steps of inference

Kinayah: Definition, Types and Rhetorical Modes

Another classification asks how many intermediary steps link the expression to its implication and whether that implication is clear or subtle. This introduces talwih, ramz, ima and isharah.

These classifications are not competitors. An expression can simultaneously be kinayah of an attribute and talwih because the former names the target and the latter describes the route to it.