What rhetorical advantage may kināyah have over explicit statement?
Taʿrīḍ, Talwīḥ, Ramz, Īmāʾ and Ishārah; the Rhetorical Force of Figurative Speech
- Cancelling all dictionary meanings
- Reinforcing a quality by presenting an associated sign
- Always negating the intended attribute
- Necessarily changing the original addressee