2019-20 Bib Lit Unit 2-3 Practice - HIGGINS

character, motif or plotline is “set off” by being juxtaposed to a similar parallel example

We must ask, What does this passage mean? and What is the author’s purpose?

asking how the original audience was to live, and particularly how the reader is to live.

the explanatory material in the opening unit of a story.

a situation in which the virtue of a character is rewarded and vice is punished.

A work of literature that recounts a series of events.

a related series of incidents that build toward the point of greatest interest.

a lengthy hero story that is more than a personal story, but a story of national destiny

the actions or events that make up a story.

Storytelling was one of the most important forms of entertainment for the ancient Hebrews.

The three contexts considered for interpretation are historical, theological, and literary

comparison that asserts that one is the other rather than simply like the other.

The goal of hermeneutics is to correctly interpret the Bible in it's original context.

something in a story that sets up anticipation of a later event.

specific category of literary composition characterized by a particular style, form or content

a element that has a symbolic significance and contributes to the development of theme.

the choice of words used

something nonhuman is treated as though it were a person.

Because material things were not common, nomads kept as many possessions as they could

the sentence structure (order of words) that leads to a developed understanding of a work.

exaggeration for the sake of effect.

plot conflict reaches its highest point and reader’s investment is at its greatest intensity.

Parables are always considered literary because of their genre.

sets the story’s action into motion.

properly interpreting the various genres of literature found in the Bible.

events after the climax of a story that wrap up the plot and lead to resolution.

A passage that needs its vivid use of images interpreted is considered literary.

portrayal of a deity in human form. Attributing human characteristics to God.

U-shaped story in which events first descend into tragedy and then rise to a happy ending.

Which of the following is NOT a major theme of the Bible?

Types of writing that expresses truth through “creative” means rather than expository means

a conscious pattern of repeated material in a literary work.

the manner in which an author chooses to write to his or her readers.

this first step in Bible study requires a careful reading of the to see What does it say?

story built around a character who is either wholly or largely ideal in behavior and character.

Nomads are people who lived in tents and traveled from location to location

A type of writing that is used to explain or inform in a straight forward, logical manner.

39.comparison of two things using “like” or “as”.

the reader knows something of which the characters in the story are ignorant.

a detail in a text that has a literal meaning as well as one or more other meanings.

a story built around an exceptional calamity that stems from the main character’s bad choice

the final outcome of the story where the plot is drawn together and explained.