Having immersed yourself in the text as a biblical, historical, and literary document, how do you think it felt to be one of the first hearers of the text in that situation?
As one that might have belonged to the Jewish faith tradition, I would have felt very humbled being one of Abraham’s descendants. I would have prayed saying “the God of Abraham, bless me, the way you blessed him.”
d. How much of the feeling of the first hearers would you like to relay to your congregation?
In the contemporary context, it would be very challenging to implement one’s theological understanding and faith on someone. That would be very unfair. However, I would encourage my first hearers to be open to hearing God speak in different ways so that we can experience new opportunities to be blessed and be a source of blessing to others.
e. Use your imagination to connect the text with art, nature, events, people, literature, or other elements that allow you to connect the text with the present. Identify at least three elements that help to bring the text to life.
I can think of myself sitting down and writing a poem based on Genesis 12:1-4. I am using the three voices of poetry to compose my piece that can be narrated, sung and also performed.
7. Contextually Interpret the Text:
a. What topics or
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He was called to build a home, at all places on his way to the chosen place that God did not name. In a similar manner, the church as a congregation can be open to welcoming the immigrants and be a home to them. On another level, the church can intentionally participate in a dialogue with the church members that come from diverse backgrounds, to better understand how together they can work better on PADS ministry and make the homeless people feel loved, received and children of
3. Examine the cover of the novel. What images do you see? How do you think the images are connected to the story?
For this section make a statement about what you read which includes some background information from the novel with page number. Next, you’ll explain what your reaction regarding this statement is. This is the part that includes your feelings and ideas. Finally, you will make connections - how you relate the material or how it may lead you to another idea or experience. Include the word count at the end of your paragraph.
Deaf Again by Mark Drolsbaugh is about his life. Mark was born of deaf parents and he was hearing toddler until his first grade. At the time, he knew he was going to be deaf, everything was changed. Because of his hearing relatives, especially his hearing grandparents, he thought “good boy, be hearing” or “Deafness is bad. I am deaf. I need to be fixed.” He was not allowed to use American Sign Language; therefore, he was struggling in hearing world form school to work for more than twenty years. Once again, his life was changed completely when Linda Baine, who worked at the Pennsylvania School for the Deaf, asked him to work as a dorm supervisor. After that, he could explore more about Deaf Culture, he could learn more about American Sign Language and he could live with his persona.
How does the writer use concrete language, word choice, narrative, examples, and analogies to tap readers? emotions, values, and imagination?
Choose passages that speak to you. Consider the parts of the book that made you stop and reflect on what was read. Consider what you may highlight or annotate. Consider the text that may lead to thematic, character, or literary convention analysis. Make connections to the text (text-text, text-self, and text–world). Analyze the style of the text—reflect on elements like symbols, imagery, metaphors, point of view, etc. Apply the different literary critical approaches with which you are familiar.
Discuss how language is used to describe the settings in texts, and explore how the settings shape the events and influence the mood of the narrative
What would Jesus do in regards to the social justice issue of immigration? Would he give immigrants a fair and unbiased opportunity in a new country, or would he turn his back towards these hopeful people? The Catholic Church teaches us that Jesus would support immigrants, live by the Catholic Social Justice Themes and the Christian Feminist model of Justice, and give these people a fighting chance in a new country. These ideologies represent hope, a more promising future for immigration, and a change in how we see one another.
Describe an important relationship in the text and explain the effect of that relationship on characters, events and ideas in the book.
This passage helps to build the themes of power, love, and rebellion by the use of literary devices like diction, punctuation, repetition, foreshadowing, and simile.
A mental visual of the story is created through Mark Twain’s added imagery. The sentence, “The balmy summer air, the restful quiet, the odor of the flowers, and the drowsing murmur of the bees had their effect…,” is a good example of imagery. It paints a picture of a typical summer afternoon we all have experienced. “All nature was wide awake and stirring, now; long lances of sunlight pierced down through the dense foliage far and near, and a few butterflies came fluttering upon the scene,” also shows a great sense of imagery and a detailed description of the setting here. It also allows the reader to “see” what is being written. “He entered a dense wood, picked a pathless way to the center of it, and sat down on a mossy spot under a spreading oak… the noonday heat had even stilled the songs of the birds,” This is a last example of great imagery. It gives time, place, and “sound”. Because imagery is in this story, it leads the reader to be more apt to read the book.
Question 8: Analyse how specific techniques were used to portray inspiring ideas in a visual; or oral text.
To define a beautiful piece of literature, it must make the reader do three things. It must make the reader reconsider the world around them. Then, it must make the reader feel something. Lastly, it must paint a picture.
“The Sound of a Voice” by David Henry Hwang is a one act play telling the story of two characters, Man and Woman. These characters both live alone and isolated. Woman is rumored to be a witch, and Man is a soldier without a purpose who comes in hope of killing Woman. They both have a fear of silence and love. These unusual fears result in their fatal downfall. This play explores deep emotions, such as the fear of silence that Man and Woman share which pushes Woman to commit suicide. A fear of intimacy, felt exceptionally strong by Man, results in unfortunate timing leading to Woman’s death. Loneliness displayed by both characters is the underlying cause of the outcome. These feelings play together to contribute to Man and Woman’s tragic love.
Explain how the author uses details of sights and sounds to help you picture the setting in your mind as you read.
1. Find an example of a literary device and write the example. Be sure to label what device it is and explain how your example fits the description.