OriginalComparison wordingMain trade-off
زيد كالأسد في الشجاعةزيد أسدLess explicit, more emphatic
رأيت أسدًا يرميرأيت أسدًاMetaphorical clue weakened
طويل النجادطويل القامةImplication becomes direct
المنية أنشبت أظفارهاجاء الموتImaginative imagery reduced
These comparisons do not imply that the cited traditional expressions are erroneous. Each change must be assessed against communicative aim, desired explicitness, audience, and the rhetorical effect that may be lost.
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Supplementary Master Practicum: Rhetorical Criticism, Revision and Justified Interpretation
OriginalComparison wordingMain trade-off
زيد كالأسد في الشجاعةزيد أسدLess explicit, more emphatic
رأيت أسدًا يرميرأيت أسدًاMetaphorical clue weakened
طويل النجادطويل القامةImplication becomes direct
المنية أنشبت أظفارهاجاء الموتImaginative imagery reduced
These comparisons do not imply that the cited traditional expressions are erroneous. Each change must be assessed against communicative aim, desired explicitness, audience, and the rhetorical effect that may be lost.