PART E – Strengthening the Argument - The BALAGHA Scoring SystemCE-1: Integration of Imagery
CE-2: Stacked-up Descriptions
CE-3: Incorporation of Proverbs
CE-4: Abstraction
CE-5: Quotation
CE-6: Hinting at the Source
CE-7: Euphemism
CE-8: Rhetorical Shift
CE-9: Epitrope
CE-10: Evasive Response
CE-11: Feigned Ignorance
CE-12: Observation
CE-13: Apostrophe
CE-14: Personification
CE-15 Hyperbole
CE-16: Beauty of Rationale / Fantastic Aetiology / Conceit
CE-17: Asteism / Affirmed Praise
CE-18: Affirmed Dispraise
CE-19: Al-Mughāyra
CE-20: Tapinosis
CE-21: Sarcasm
CE-22: Scholastic Approach / Dialectical Mannerism
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