For simile, identify subject, comparator, particle and shared feature, then notice which elements are expressed or omitted. For metaphor, explain which comparison term is represented and which is implied.
Majāz mursal requires a non-similarity relation, such as part and whole; majāz ʿaqlī concerns attribution. Kināyah invites a secondary meaning while allowing the literal sense in principle.
Where two analyses are defensible, identify their evidence and limits rather than assigning every figure to a single category by habit.