Encyclopedia of Arabic Rhetoric (Taxonomy v0.1.0) - Full PDF
This PDF represents the Arabic Rhetorical Device Taxonomy (v0.1.0) of the Encyclopedia of Arabic Rhetoric.
It is a compilation of all the information about Arabic rhetorical devices which was included in the taxonomy at the time of release (17 November 2025) on GitHub.
It is structured as follows, in summary:
- Encyclopedia home page - a directory of all the rhetorical devices in the taxonomy
- About the Enclyclopedia of Arabic Rhetoric
- About Arabic Rhetoric
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Domain A: Sentence Construction & Syntactical Stylistics (‘ilm al-ma‘ānī) (14 rhetorical devices)
- Domain B: Figurative Speech (‘ilm al-bayān) (7 rhetorical devices)
- Domain C: Linguistic Embellishments (‘ilm al-badī‘) (10 sub-domains with a total of 68 rhetorical devices)
- Domain D: Negative Rhetorical Effects (6 devices)
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