In “Sharibtu kaʾsan,” if the intended object is the drink inside the cup, the container is mentioned for its contents. The relation is containment (maḥalliyyah), not resemblance, making it a possible example of metonymy (majāz mursal).
Begin by identifying the literal container, then the intended contents, and finally the clue supplied by the act of drinking. Naming the device without its relation and clue fails to distinguish metonymy from metaphor.
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Supplementary Practice — Advanced Rhetorical Analysis and Worked Texts
In “Sharibtu kaʾsan,” if the intended object is the drink inside the cup, the container is mentioned for its contents. The relation is containment (maḥalliyyah), not resemblance, making it a possible example of metonymy (majāz mursal).
Begin by identifying the literal container, then the intended contents, and finally the clue supplied by the act of drinking. Naming the device without its relation and clue fails to distinguish metonymy from metaphor.