LessonsSupplementary Practice 1: Applied Analysis of Faṣl, Waṣl, Ījāz and IṭnābQuiz

Repetition repeats wording or meaning for emphasis, alertness or intensification. Clarification after ambiguity first presents a general conception and then resolves it with specific detail.

«حَضَرَ الضُّيُوفُ، حَضَرَ الضُّيُوفُ»
The guests have arrived—the guests have arrived.

«حَضَرَ الضُّيُوفُ: مُعَلِّمُونَ وَطُلَّابٌ»
The guests arrived: teachers and students.

The first highlights reiteration; the second supplies a specification. Whether either is rhetorically effective depends on the particular audience and communicative purpose.

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Repetition versus clarification after ambiguity

Supplementary Practice 1: Applied Analysis of Faṣl, Waṣl, Ījāz and Iṭnāb

Repetition repeats wording or meaning for emphasis, alertness or intensification. Clarification after ambiguity first presents a general conception and then resolves it with specific detail.

«حَضَرَ الضُّيُوفُ، حَضَرَ الضُّيُوفُ»
The guests have arrived—the guests have arrived.

«حَضَرَ الضُّيُوفُ: مُعَلِّمُونَ وَطُلَّابٌ»
The guests arrived: teachers and students.

The first highlights reiteration; the second supplies a specification. Whether either is rhetorically effective depends on the particular audience and communicative purpose.