When examining a new passage, first establish the intended meaning. Then answer these questions in order:
1. Who or what originally bears the quality?
2. What second matching bearer is imagined as extracted?
3. Which characteristic is shared?
4. How is extraction expressed: min, bāʾ, fī, no particle, kināyah, or self-address?
5. In what precise respect does the expression intensify the quality, and does the context support the reading?
Classification from a particle or pronoun alone can confuse tajrīd with simile, metaphor, or kināyah. The full construction and intended meaning must be considered.