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MEL VL5
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English
10th Grade
04/04/2011

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Term
ELEGY
Definition
–noun
a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.
Term
FIGURES OF SPEECH
Definition
–noun
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. Compare trope.
Term
ANTITHESIS
Definition
–noun,
opposition; contrast
Term
SERMON
Definition
–noun
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.
Term
A FRAME STORY
Definition
a story within a story.
Term
MORAL
Definition
–adjective
of, pertaining to, or concerned with the principles or rules of right conduct or the distinction between right and wrong;
Term
INVOKING
Definition
–verb
to call for with earnest desire; make supplication or pray for
Term
KORAN (QUR'AN)
Definition
- noun
the sacred scripture of Islam
Term
PRODIGIOUS
Definition
- adjective
extraordinary in size, amount, etc.
Term
INVERTED
Definition
- verb
to turn upside down
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ADJURED
Definition
- verb
to charge, bind, or command earnestly and solemnly, often under oath or the threat of a penalty
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RESOLUTELY
Definition
- adjective
determined on an action or result
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PERFIDIOUS
Definition
- adjective
deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful
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