Bib Lit Unit 3 2017

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

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

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

something nonhuman is treated as though it were a person.

A work of literature that recounts a series of events.

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

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

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

the actions or events that make up a story.

a conscious pattern of repeated material in a literary work.

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

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

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

sets the story’s action into motion.

Parables are always considered literary because of their genre.

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

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

exaggeration for the sake of effect.

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

the explanatory material in the opening unit of a story.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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