LessonsSupplementary Practice 9: How Small Wording Changes Alter Rhetorical MeaningQuiz

سَمِعَ الْقَاضِي الشُّهُودَ وَدَوَّنَ أَقْوَالَهُمْ.
The judge heard the witnesses and recorded their statements.

The two reports share the purpose of documenting testimony, so coordination is readily motivated. Compare “The judge heard the witnesses and the moon rose.” The latter can be appropriate in a narrative that uses both events to construct one scene or timeline, but without such context its shared connection is less evident.

Classical categories of rational, estimative and imaginative connection describe different grounds for linking ideas. They should not be used to invent an unseen association merely to justify any arbitrary juxtaposition.

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Testing a link: thematic connection versus accidental juxtaposition

Supplementary Practice 9: How Small Wording Changes Alter Rhetorical Meaning

سَمِعَ الْقَاضِي الشُّهُودَ وَدَوَّنَ أَقْوَالَهُمْ.
The judge heard the witnesses and recorded their statements.

The two reports share the purpose of documenting testimony, so coordination is readily motivated. Compare “The judge heard the witnesses and the moon rose.” The latter can be appropriate in a narrative that uses both events to construct one scene or timeline, but without such context its shared connection is less evident.

Classical categories of rational, estimative and imaginative connection describe different grounds for linking ideas. They should not be used to invent an unseen association merely to justify any arbitrary juxtaposition.