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Middle Eastern Literature NL 3
VL5
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English
10th Grade
04/04/2011

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Term
ELEGY
Definition
(Noun)
-a poem composed to lament the death of a loved one.
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FIGURES OF SPEECH
Definition
-Imaginative comparative
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ANTITHESIS
Definition
-A form of parallelism in which sharply contrasting ideas are expressed in grammatically balanced sentences.
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KORAN (QUR'AN)
Definition
-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. also spelled Quran.
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SERMON
Definition
(Noun)
-a speech about moral behavior
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A FRAME STORY
Definition
-the tales in the collection are loosely held together by an element that was common in medieval literature.
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MORAL
Definition
-A lesson about life that folk and fairy tales and other forms of literature.
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INVOKING
Definition
(Verb)
-used as
(Adj.)
- calling upon.
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PRODIGIOUS
Definition
(Adj.)
-very large, huge
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INVERTED
Definition
(Verb)
-used as
(Adj.)
-Turned upside down
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ADJURED
Definition
(Verb)
-commanded as under oath
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RESOLUTELY
Definition
(Adverb)
-firmly; determinedly
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PERFIDIOUS
Definition
(Adj)
-wicked; unfaithful
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immortalize
Definition
-v. used as n.
-To give everlastign fame to, perpetuate
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memorialize
Definition
-v. used as n.
-To honor or commemorate
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mosque
Definition
-n.
-Muslim temple; Place of worship
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Islam
Definition
-n.
-Religious faith of Muslims; Whole body of Muslim believers, their civilization
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Muslim
Definition
-n. used as adj.
-An adherent of Islam; (adj.) Of or pertaining to the religion, law, or civilization of Islam
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Timbuktu
Definition
-n.
-A town in central Mali, West Africa, near the Niger River; Any faraway place
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Renaissance
Definition
-n.
-Period of European history marking the waning of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; Usually considered as beginning in Italy, during the 14th century
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