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middle eastern lit kp 3
middle eastern literature
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English
10th Grade
04/05/2011

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ELEGY
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a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
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FIGURES OF SPEECH
Definition
any expressive use of language, as a metaphor, simile, personification, or antithesis, in which words are used in other than their literal sense, or in other than their ordinary locutions, in order to suggest a picture or image or for other special effect
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ANTITHESIS
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the placing of a sentence or one of its parts against another to which it is opposed to form a balanced contrast of ideas, as in “Give me liberty or give me death.”
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KORAN (QUR'AN)
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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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SERMON
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a discourse for the purpose of religious instruction or exhortation, especially one based on a text of Scripture and delivered by a member of the clergy as part of a religious service.
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A FRAME STORY
Definition
secondary story or storries embeded in another
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moral
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of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong; ethical: moral attitudes.
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INVOKING
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to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for: to invoke God's mercy.
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PRODIGIOUS
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extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
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INVERTED
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to reverse in position, order, direction, or relationship
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ADJURED
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to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty
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RESOLUTELY
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firmly resolved or determined; set in purpose or opinion.
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PERFIDIOUS
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deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover
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immortalize
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to bestow unending fame upon; perpetuate.
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memorialize
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to commemorate.
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mosque
Definition
a Muslim temple or place of public worship.
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Islam
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the religious faith of Muslims, based on the words and religious system founded by the prophet Muhammad and taught by the Koran, the basic principle of which is absolute submission to a unique and personal god, Allah.
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Muslim
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of or pertaining to the religion, law, or civilization of Islam
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Timbuktu
Definition
a town in central Mali, W Africa, near the Niger River. 19,500. French, Tombouctou.
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Renaissance
Definition
the activity, spirit, or time of the great revival of art, literature, and learning in europe beginning in the 14th century and extending to the 17th century, marking the transition from the medieval to the modern world.
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descendants
Definition
relatives of the past
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manuscript
Definition
the original text of an author's work, handwritten or now usually typed, that is submitted to a publisher.
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intellectualism
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excessive emphasis on abstract or intellectual matters, especially with a lack of proper consideration for emotions.
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