Normally the model of comparison is the more familiar bearer of the shared quality. Reverse comparison (tashbīh maqlūb) deliberately switches that role to exaggerate praise of the original subject.
For instance, saying that the moon shines like a person's exceptionally radiant face reverses the ordinary direction of comparison. To justify the label, identify the usual standard and the purpose of reversing it. Not every syntactic inversion constitutes reverse comparison.
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Supplementary Practice — Advanced Rhetorical Analysis and Worked Texts
Normally the model of comparison is the more familiar bearer of the shared quality. Reverse comparison (tashbīh maqlūb) deliberately switches that role to exaggerate praise of the original subject.
For instance, saying that the moon shines like a person's exceptionally radiant face reverses the ordinary direction of comparison. To justify the label, identify the usual standard and the purpose of reversing it. Not every syntactic inversion constitutes reverse comparison.