1. Literature for the Week Youre responsible…even if youre not here.

2. What well be reading

3. Folk Tales from The One Thousand and One Nights: The Fisherman and the Jinnee (pg 84) from The Rubaiyat(pg 100) from The Gulistan (pg 106) Elephant in the Dark (pg 119) Two Kinds of Intelligence (pg 121) The Guest House (pg 122) Which is Worth More? (pg 124) African Proverbs: from Sundiata (pg 129)

4. Vocabulary

5. The Thousand and One Nights The Fisherman and the Jinnee

6. Adj: inverted Upside down

7. Adj: blasphemous Showing disrespect toward God or religious teachings

8. V: adjured Ordered solemnly

9. Adv: indignantly In a way showing righteous anger or scorn

10. adv.: resolutely In a determined way

11. Adj: enraptured Completely delighted; spellbound

12. N: munificence Great generosity

13. Adj: ominous Hinting at bad things to come

14. The Rubaiyat & The Gulistan

15. N: repentance Sorrow for wrongdoing

16. N: pomp Ceremonial splendor, magnificence

17. N: myriads Great numbers of persons or things

18. N: piety Devotion to religious duties or practices

19. Adj: beneficent charitable

20. N: extortions Acts of obtaining money or something else through threats, violence, or misuse of authority

21. Elephant in the Dark, Two Kinds of Intelligence, The Guest House, Which is Worth More?

22. N: competence Ability

23. N: conduits Channels or pipes

24. N: malice Ill will; evil intent

25. N: solitude isolation

26. Sundiata

27. V: fathom Probe the depths of; understand

28. Adj: taciturn Not given to talking

29. Adj: malicious Intending harm; spiteful

30. N: infirmity Weakness; illness

31. N: innudendo Indirect remark or gesture that hints at something bad; sly suggestion

32. Adj: diabolical Devilish; wicked

33. Adj: estranged Isolated and unfriendly; alienated

34. Literary Elements Terms you need to know

35. Folk Tales Part of the oral tradition, the body of stories, poems, and songs that are passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation.

36. Characteristics of Folk Tales Lesson about life Lesson about life Magical or supernatural elements Magical or supernatural elements Characters who possess one or two main traits Characters who possess one or two main traits A clear separation between good and evil A clear separation between good and evil Folk tales may share plot patterns and deceptively ordinary characters. Folk tales may share plot patterns and deceptively ordinary characters.

37. Narrative Structure The way in which a work of fiction is organized. The Fisherman and the Jinnee contains framed stories or stories within a story. Create the following chart:

38. First Story: The Fisherman and the Jinnee Second story Narrator: fisherman Story _____________ Third Story Narrator _____________ Story _____________ Similarities between all Three stories

39. Didactic Literature Teaches lessons on ethics, or principles regarding right and wrong conduct, and if often reflects the values or the society that produces it.

40. Didactic literature uses these tools: Aphorisms: short, pointed statements expressing truths about human existence Aphorisms: short, pointed statements expressing truths about human existence Personification: a technique that gives human qualities to non-human things Personification: a technique that gives human qualities to non-human things Metaphor: a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else Metaphor: a figure of speech in which one thing is spoken of as though it were something else

41. Types of Metaphors All Metaphors: compare two apparently unlike things without using the words like or as All Metaphors: compare two apparently unlike things without using the words like or as Direct Metaphor: connects the two terms directly Direct Metaphor: connects the two terms directly Indirect Metaphor: suggests the comparison Indirect Metaphor: suggests the comparison

42. Direct Metaphor: Example This being human is a guest house.

43. Indirect Metaphor: Example …getting always more / marks on your preserving tablets

44. Analogy An explanation of how two things are similar An explanation of how two things are similar Usually extended comparisons that explain something unfamiliar by showing how it is like something familiar Usually extended comparisons that explain something unfamiliar by showing how it is like something familiar Frequently use figurative speech Frequently use figurative speech

45. Epic Conflict A narrative or narrative poem that focuses on the deeds of heroes.

46. Characteristics Menacing enemies Menacing enemies Natural dangers Natural dangers Moral dilemmas Moral dilemmas Problems with society Problems with society Difficulties with fate Difficulties with fate Challenging decisions Challenging decisions

47. The Fisherman and the Jinnee Turn to page 85 Turn to page 85 Go to your notes page with your table (the one you copied earlier with narrative structure story within a story) Go to your notes page with your table (the one you copied earlier with narrative structure story within a story)