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The poetical books
Question | Answer |
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What are the 3 types of books in the old testament | 1. Historical Books 2. Poetical Books 3. Prophetical books |
What are the 5 poetical books | 1. Job 2. Psalms 3. Proverbs 4. Ecclesiastes 5. Songs of Solomon |
The story of Job if set ... | During the tome of Rome |
The story of Job if set during the tome of Genesis though | It was written much later |
Most of the Psalms were written by | king David |
Most of the Psalms were written by king David during the time of | 2 Samuel |
Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon are all set during the | Reign of Solomon |
What are the 3 major types of poetry we see | 1. Lyric Poetry 2. Instructional poetry 3. Dramatic Poetry |
(accompanied by music)- like a song | lyric poetry |
Teaches life principles | Instructional poetry |
Tells a story | Dramatic Poetry |
What are the 2 main types of literary techniques | 1. Parallelism 2. Figures of Speech |
matching of ideas | parallelism |
ideas presented are similar (Psalms 120:2; Proverbs 3:ll) | Synonymzous Parallelism |
2nd thought completes the 1st thought (Proverbs 21:4; 21:27; Ecclezasties 7:5) | Synthetic Parallelism |
2nd thought contrasts with the 1st thought (Ecclezasties 10:2; Proverbs 10:2; 19:16) | Antithetic Parallelism |
the first line uses a figure of speech to illustrate the idea found in the second line (Proverbs 11:22; 25:12, 13, 18; 27:15) | Emblematic Parallelism |
What are the 5 most common figures of speech | 1. Simile 2. Metaphor 3. hyperbole 4. Rhetorical Question 5. Personification |
a comparison between 2 unlike things (Psalms 17:8) | Simile |
one thing is said to be another thing (Psalms 23:1) | Metaphor |
overstatement for the sake of emphasis | hyperbole |
the asking of a question for the purpose of making a point | Rhetorical Question |
assigning the characteristics of humans to lifeless objects. | Personification |