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| a poem that mourns the death of a person or laments something lost |
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| a word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level |
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| a contrast of ideas expressed in a grammatically balanced statement |
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| the sacred text of islam, divided into 114 chapters, or suras: revered as the word of god, dictated to Muhammad by the archangel Gabriel, and accepted as the foundation of Islamic law, religion, culture, and politics |
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| a speech about moral behavior |
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| employs a narrative technique whereby an introductory main story is composed, at least in part, for the purpose of setting the stage for a fictive narrative or organizing a set of shorter stories, each of which is a story within a story. |
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| a lesson about life that a story teaches |
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| to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for |
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