1. The Thousand and One Nights as a Mirror of Elite Society in the Abbasid Empire Honors – World Literature Week 6 Doc Holley

2. Vocabulary courtiers elites sectarian folktales caliphs ostentation tall tales dais jetty

3. 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? Settings

4. 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?

5. Figurative Language Simile Hyperbole How are the about literary devices used to describe things in the text? Provide textual support.

6. 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?