FBC Literary Techniques

Refers to the way that the arrangement of words and phrases w/in a text affects it's meaning. Ex: "Slow kids at play."

“For He is like a refiner’s fire and like fullers’ soap” (Mal. 3:2).

“I am the true vine, and My father is the vinedresser” (John 15:1).

While a parable is an extended simile, an allegory is an extended metaphor

“We are His people and the sheep of His pasture” (Ps. 100:3).

Involves a direct or implied comparison of two unlike things. Ex.: "The man is a beast."

The vocabulary of a particular person, language, or field of knowledge. ie. country, region, culture, job

While parables use realistic imagery, allegories often use words in a figurative rather than literal sense.

The Bible was divided into chapters and verses in the:

Study of meaning of individ words & the way those words r combined in order to determine the author's intended meaning

Extended figures of comparison that often use short stories to teach a truth or answer a question.

The way the arrangement of words and phrases within a text affects its meaning.

Involves comparing, contrasting, and the use of parallel ideas.

“I am the light of the world” (John 8:12).

The part of theology concerned with death, judgement, and the final destiny of the soul & humankind.

“The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer” (2 Sam. 22:3).

“Behold, I send you out as lambs among wolves” (Luke 10:3).

The vocabulary of a particular person, language, or field of knowledge.

“All we like sheep have gone astray” (Isa. 53:6).

“I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture” (John 10:9)

Involves an explicit comparison of two unlike things using the words “as” or “like.”