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Middle Eastern Literature
Vocabulary List 5
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English
10th Grade
04/06/2011

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Elegy
Definition
a formal poem that mourns the death of a person or laments something that is lost
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Figures of speech
Definition
words used in effect to create an nonliteral meaning
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ANTITHESIS
Definition
Is a form of parallelism in which sharpyly contrasting ideas are expressed in grammatically balanced sentences.
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KORAN (QUR'AN)
Definition
sacred text of Islam
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SERMON
Definition
a long tedious speech; lecture
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A FRAME STORY
Definition
a story inside of a story
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MORAL
Definition
principle or rules of right conduct
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INVOKING
Definition
to call on with earnest desire
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PRODIGIOUS
Definition
extraordinary in size
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INVERTED
Definition
to turn upside
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ADJURED
Definition
to command earnest and solemnly
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RESOLUTELY
Definition
set in purpose or opinion
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PERFIDIOUS
Definition
deliberately faithless
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