Transcript The Thousand and One Nights as a Mirror of Elite Society

The Thousand and One Nights
as a Mirror of Elite Society in the Abbasid Empire
Honors – World Literature
Week 6
Doc Holley
Vocabulary
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courtiers
elites
sectarian
folktales
caliphs
ostentation
tall tales
dais
jetty
Settings
Describe the various settings.
• Time
• Place
What was the author’s purpose for providing that
information?
How does it contribute to the tales?
What adjectives are used to create the tone of the tales?
Imagery
• Color is often used to create tone and develop
a picture in the mind of the reader.
• What colors are used in the text?
• What emotions, ideas are associated with the
colors?
Figurative Language
• Simile
• Hyperbole
How are the about literary devices used to
describe things in the text? Provide textual
support.
Parts of Speech
Verbs can create tone within the text. List the
action verbs.
• Organize and categorize them.
• Describe how they are effective and then
analyze the authors use of them.
• What information do the verbs provide to the
main ideas of the text?