StageCentral question
1. Lexis and syntaxWhat do the words and predication say?
2. MaʿānīWhy this arrangement for this audience?
3. BayānWhere is comparison or transfer of sense?
4. BadīʿWhat specific semantic or phonetic relation enhances the words?
Do not force an ornament into every layer. An ordinary declarative sentence may be grammatically clear without displaying metaphor or paronomasia. Correctly concluding that a device is absent is also an analytical skill.
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Supplementary Practice — Advanced Rhetorical Analysis and Worked Texts
StageCentral question
1. Lexis and syntaxWhat do the words and predication say?
2. MaʿānīWhy this arrangement for this audience?
3. BayānWhere is comparison or transfer of sense?
4. BadīʿWhat specific semantic or phonetic relation enhances the words?
Do not force an ornament into every layer. An ordinary declarative sentence may be grammatically clear without displaying metaphor or paronomasia. Correctly concluding that a device is absent is also an analytical skill.