4-5 Chapters Flashcards
(24 cards)
Look for ideas, individuals, items that are contrasted with each other. Look for differences
Contrast
Look for ideas, individuals, items that are compared with each other. Look also for similarities
Comparisons
Note where the text mentions more than two items
List
There may be more than one effect from a single cause
Causes and effect
Look for expressions that convey an image, using words In a way other than the literal sense
Figures of Speech
Notice terms that joint units, like “and” “but” “for”- note what they are connecting
Conjunctions
Note whether the verb is past, present, or future, active, passive; and look for imperatives
Verbs
Identify the antecedents for each pronouns
Pronouns
Note if the text is built on a question and answer format
Questions and answers
Note if the text includes dialogue. Identify who is speaking and to whom
Dialogue
Note if a sentence indicates that something was done by means of someone or something( answers how) usually you can insert the phrase by means of into the sentence
Means
These are more specific type of means often telling why. Purpose and result are similar and sometimes indistinguishable. In a purpose statement, you usually can insert the phrase in order that. In a result clause, you usually can insert the phrase “so that”
Purpose/ result statements
Find the general statements that re followed by specific examples or applications of the general. Also find specific examples or applications of the general. Also find specific statements that are summarized by a general one
General to specific and specific to general
A clause can present the condition by which some action or consequence will result. Often such statements us an “if… Then” framework
Conditional clauses
Identify actions or roles that the text ascribes to God
Actions/roles of God
Identify actions or roles that the text ascribes to people or encourages people to do/ be
Actions/ of people
Does the passage use terms that have emotional energy like kinship words (Father or Son) or words like pleading
Emotional terms
What is the overall time of the passage? Happy sad encouraging so on
Tone of the passage
How does the passage connect to the one that preceded it and the one that follows it
Connections to the other paragraphs and episodes
Is the passage being used as a key to understanding a dramatic shift in the story?
Shifts in the story/ pivots
Does the passage shift back and forth between two scenes of characters?
Interchange
Does this passage have arrangements such as a-b-c-d-c–b-a
Chiasm
Does this passage open and close with similar statements or events
Inclusio
Look for words and phrases that repeat
Repetition of words