Chapter 3 Quiz Flashcards
Look for ideas, individuals, items that are contrasted with each other. Look for differences.
Contrasts
Look for ideas, individuals, items that are compared with each other. Look also for similarities
Comparison
Note where the text mentions more than two items.
Lists
There may be more than one effect from a single cause
Cause 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 join 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 antecedent for each pronoun
Pronoun
Note if the text is built on a question-and-answer format
Question and Answer
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 are followed by 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 use “if…….then” framework (although in English the “then” is often left out)
Conditional clauses
Identify actions or roles that the text ascribes to God
Actions/roles of God