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19 Cards in this Set
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dante alighieri was exiled from |
his beloved city of Florence |
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the woman he love died at age |
24 |
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he creates an _____ for himself |
imaginary journey |
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the journey he created is known as |
The Divine Comedy |
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the three spiritual realms he envisioned himself passing are |
hell (inferno), purgatory (purgatorio) and heaven (paradiso) |
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dante finds himself lost in |
The Dark Wood of Error |
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His path through the Mount of Joy was blocked by |
the Three Beast of Worldliness |
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the Three Beast of Worldliness are |
The Leopard of Malice and Fraud, The Lion Violence and Ambition, and The She-Wolf of Incontinence |
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He was guided by ___ through the nind circles of hell |
Virgil |
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Eventually, Dante led to the Mount of Joy by his long-lost love____ |
Beatrice |
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Beatrice symbolizes? |
Divine Love |
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Dante passed away at the age of |
54 |
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is a notion often discussed in classrooms, identifying the _____ is a skill frequently evaluated on state reading tests |
the authors purpose |
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it is to amuse readers |
writing to entertain |
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is to enlighten the reader or provide the reader with information |
writing to inform |
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is to compel readers to take action, convince them of an idea through argument or to reaffirm their existing beliefs |
writing to persuade |
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what are the example of texts that are written to entertain |
stories poems dramas songs |
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example of texts that are written to inform |
expository essay or article instruction or direction encyclopedia or other reference texts |
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examples of texts that are written to persuade |
advertisement campaign speeches persuasive letter or notes |
