Arabic – Rhetoric Embellishments Alliteration – 3AS – Letters

Rhetorical Embellishments Alliteration and Assonance

Alliteration and assonance are sound-based rhetorical devices that add beauty to Arabic texts.

Alliteration Jinas

Using two words with similar pronunciation but different meanings. Types: complete alliteration identical words with different meanings. Partial alliteration similar letters. Example: The day of relief is near.

Assonance Saj

Rhymed prose where two or more phrases end with similar letters. Common in the Quran proverbs and literary prose. Example: By the dawn and the ten nights.

Purposes

Musical beauty emphasis memorization rhetorical power.

Exercises

Identify the device: 1) The night and the day. 2) He eats and drinks but does not remember. 3) The messenger is truthful.

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