LessonsSupplementary Comprehensive Examination — Advanced Arabic Texts and Evidence-Based Rhetorical AnalysisQuiz

ExpressionWhat is saidWhat is meantRelation
Their fingers in their earsWhole fingersFingertipsWhole for part
Freeing a neckNeck (part)Person as a wholePart for whole

For majāz mursal, start by identifying the uttered expression and the referent intended. Reversing that direction reverses the classification, so the terms must be tied to the text.

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Whole-for-part versus part-for-whole

Supplementary Comprehensive Examination — Advanced Arabic Texts and Evidence-Based Rhetorical Analysis

ExpressionWhat is saidWhat is meantRelation
Their fingers in their earsWhole fingersFingertipsWhole for part
Freeing a neckNeck (part)Person as a wholePart for whole

For majāz mursal, start by identifying the uttered expression and the referent intended. Reversing that direction reverses the classification, so the terms must be tied to the text.