Bib Lit Unit 2-3 Midterm 2017

the choice of words used

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A work of literature that recounts a series of events.

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

something nonhuman is treated as though it were a person.

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

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

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

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

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

sets the story’s action into motion.

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

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

exaggeration for the sake of effect.

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

the explanatory material in the opening unit of a story.

the actions or events that make up a story.

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

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

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

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

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

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

any significant, reoccurring or developing idea, concept or argument in a work of literature.

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

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

a conscious pattern of repeated material in a literary work.

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

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

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

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

Parables are always considered literary because of their genre.

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

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

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

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

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