C1

Arabic Rhetoric (Balagha)

البلاغة

About this concept

Rhetorical devices: تشبيه (simile), استعارة (metaphor), كناية (metonymy), طباق (antithesis), جناس (paronomasia). Essential for literature and Quran.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~40 cards at level C1.

Examples

هو كالأسد في الشجاعة.He is like a lion in bravery. (simile)
رأيت بحراً يعطي.I saw a sea giving. (metaphor for generosity)
فلان كثير الرماد.So-and-so has much ash. (metonymy for hospitality)
الحياة والموتlife and death (antithesis)

Prerequisite

Classical Arabic SyntaxC1

Concepts that build on this

Arabic Poetry and MeterC2Classical Literary StylesC2

More C1 concepts

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