Literary Elements
Ancient Galilee during Roman occupation
What is the setting?
Not at peace with
What is unreconciled?
This acronym is a form of note-taking
What is KWO?
The main character, a young Galilean rebel
Who is Daniel?
This is the symbol used in the story of the seemingly impossible strength God provides
What is the bronze bow?
The way an author reveals a character’s personality and traits
What is characterization?
Burdened by abuse of power or authority
What is oppressed?
The -ly adverbs and who/which clauses are two types of these
What are dress-ups?
The main character's loyal friends; one is studying to become a rabbi
Who are Joel and Malthace (a.k.a. Thacia)?
With Jesus' help, the main character was freed from this feeling of the Romans
What is hatred?
A hint or clue about what will happen later in the story
What is foreshadowing?
State of release from blame or debt
What is redemption?
This introduces the main idea of a paragraph
What is a topic sentence?
This character believes freedom is found through fighting the Romans
Who is Rosh?
According to Scripture, this is described as patient and kind
What is love?
The struggle between the Jewish people and Roman occupiers
What is conflict?
To incite or rouse, such as with a prompt to action
What is goaded?
This sentence wraps up a paragraph and restates the main idea
What is a clincher?
The peak of the story when the main character chooses to forgive and follow Jesus' teachings
What is the climax?
By inviting the Roman soldier into his house to say goodbye to his sister, the main character shows he understands this concept
What is loving one's enemies?
The main message or big idea in a story
What is theme?
Unable to believe
What is incredulous?
This chart organizes characters, setting, problem, events, and resolution before writing
What is the story sequence chart?
Simon explains that physical _____ do not matter; fear and hate are the true _____.
What are chains?
The author's main theme is that only love and knowing Jesus can bring about this
What is true freedom?