Grasping Gods Word

Repetition of Words

look for words and phrases that repreat

Contrasts

Ideas, individuals, and/or items that are contrasted with each other; look for differences

Comparison

Ideas, individuals, and or items that are compared with each other; look for similarities

List

Anytime the text mentions more than two items

Cause and Effect

Often the biblical writers will state a cause and then state the effect of that cause

Figures of Speech

Expressions that convey an image, using words in a sense other than the normal literal sense

Conjunctions

Terms that join units, like and, but, for; note what they are connecting

Verbs

The action of the sentence; note whether a verb is past, present or future; active or passive

Pronouns

Words that take the place of nouns; note the antecedent