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Key Issue 1: Where are Religions Distributed? A. Universalizing Religions: appeal to all people - Branch ? large and fundamental division within a religion - Denomination ? a division of a branch that unites a number of local congregations in a legal body - Sect ? small group that has broken away from an established denomination 1. Christianity: over 2 billion adherents, most widespread - Main branches: Roman Catholic (52%), Protestant (21%), Eastern Orthodox (10%) - Western Hemisphere = 90% - Other Christian churches: Coptic Church of Egypt and Ethiopian Church 2. Islam: 1.3 billion, prime religion in Middle East - Five Pillars of Faith - Two Branches: Sunni (83%) and Shiite (16%) - Muslims = 5% of Europe?s population, U.S. and Canada are home to 5

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE ?? 1. ?Alliteration: ?Repetition of a beginning consonant sound?????????Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.??2. ?Assonance: ?Repetition of a vowel sound ?????????The sound of the hound was bound to make me crazy.??3. ?Hyperbole: ?Exaggeration?????????I am so hungry; I could eat a horse.??4. ?Personification: ?Giving human qualities to something that is not human?????????The trees danced in the wind.??5. ?Metaphor: ?A comparison that does not use like or as?????????Her face is an open book.??6. ?Simile: ?A comparison that uses like or as????????? Her face is like an open book.??7. ?Onomatopoeia: ?A word that sounds like what it means?????????Crack! ?Boom! ?Blam!??8. ?Symbolism: ?Something that represents or stands for something

I: Critical Analysis of Poetry Discussion Questions to Determine Theme of a Poem 1. What is happening in the poem? 2. Why do you think the author wrote this poem? 3. How did the poem make you feel? 4. Did the poem remind you of anything? 5. What big idea was the poet trying to get across to the reader? 6. What do you think the theme of this poem is? The process of analyzing a poem