The BALAGHA Scoring System

This is the website of the BALAGHA Scoring System, a quantitative method to calculate the density of rhetorical devices in Arabic texts.

Balagha Definitions

Domain A: Word Order and Sentence Structure

Domain B: Figures of Speech

Domain C: Embellishments

• Part A – Word Choice

• Part B – Addressing Groups

• Part C – Sentence Construction

• Part D – Musicality

• Part E – Strengthening the Argument

• Part F – Paragraph Construction

• Part G – Miscellaneous

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Online BALAGHA Score Calculator
BALAGHA Scoring Proforma (Adobe PDF)
BALAGHA Score Calculator (Microsoft Excel worksheet)