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16 Cards in this Set
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You have increased the rejoicing,
You have magnified the joy. Words in line one correspond with synonyms in line two |
Synonymous parallesism
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You have increased the nation, Oh Lord,
you have increased the nation Words or phrases in line one are repeated in line two |
Identical words or phrases
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my servants will sing with gladness of heart,
but you will cry out for pain of heart Line town presents terms or ideas that contrast with those in line one |
Antithetical parallelisms or opposites
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Whose arrrows will be sharp,
and all their bows bent something that makes another thing complete--boy and arrow are complements; a bow is incomplete with out an arrow. |
Complements
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We would be like Sodom,
we would be as Gomorrah A simile (an expression that uses like or as to compare tow different things) is featured in both lines |
Double similes
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Behold, the virgin will conceive,
and will bear a son Line two provides the results of an action set forth on line one; for example, conception results in birth. |
Resultative relationship
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Look to Abraham your father,
and to Sarah, she that bare you Genders are paired on the two lines |
Gender-matched parallelism
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The Lord takes his place to plead a cause,
and stands to judge the people Made from line one to line two; for example, the Lord first pleads the cause of the people, and then judges them |
Progression
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Who has heard such a thing?
Who has seen such things? Rhetorical questions are posed in both lines |
Rhetorical Questions
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two or three berries on the topmost bough,
for or five in the branches of a fruitful tree Numbers are listed in each line, often with the number in line two being highter than the number in line one. |
Numbers
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And the eyes of seers will not be closed,
and the ears of those who hear will listen, the hear of the rash will understand... and tongues of those who stammer will speak In this example, four body parts--eyes, ears, heart and tongue--are listed in two parallelisms |
Lists
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Hear the word of the Lord, rulers of Sodom
Listen to the law of our God, people of Gomorrah Certain grammatical aspects of line one correspond with those of line two. In the example, each of the two lines feature an imperative, an object and a subject. |
Grammatical Parallelisms
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Hear, O heaves,
and listen, O earth A parallelism opens a prophecy |
Opening a prophecy
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The lion will not be there,
nor any ravenous beast One line featrues a domain and the other a subcategory of the domain |
Domain and subcategory
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Woe unto their soul!
for they have rewarded evil unto themselves A declaration in line one is followed by an |
Declaration followed by an explanation
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the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel,
and the men of Judah his delightful plant Each line features a metaphor (a word or expression that represents something other than its literal meaning) |
Metaphors
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