LessonsSupplementary Master Practicum: Rhetorical Criticism, Revision and Justified InterpretationQuiz

التَّوْرِيَةُ
Using a near meaning to veil an intended remote meaning.

Tawriyah requires a word with a readily suggested near meaning and an intended more remote meaning. Lexical ambiguity by itself is not enough when no reason establishes that the remote sense is meant.

When revising a sentence to introduce tawriyah, do not merely insert a polysemous word. The surrounding construction must support the apparent near reading while making the intended remote reading coherent and rhetorically purposeful.

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Not every ambiguous word is tawriyah

Supplementary Master Practicum: Rhetorical Criticism, Revision and Justified Interpretation

التَّوْرِيَةُ
Using a near meaning to veil an intended remote meaning.

Tawriyah requires a word with a readily suggested near meaning and an intended more remote meaning. Lexical ambiguity by itself is not enough when no reason establishes that the remote sense is meant.

When revising a sentence to introduce tawriyah, do not merely insert a polysemous word. The surrounding construction must support the apparent near reading while making the intended remote reading coherent and rhetorically purposeful.