An easy way to determine the structure of a passage of scripture is to identify clear these...
What are sections
This 2021 movie follows the events of a family in Columbia...most of them have magical "gifts"
What is Encanto
The book of Isaiah was written by this person
Who is Isaiah
This team in New York has won more world series than any other team in history
Who are the Yankees
This theme has to do with God being set apart and perfect
What is holiness
This desert, covering much of northern Africa, is the largest and hottest desert in the world
What is the Sahara?
This type of structure can be found by identifying a repeated phrase at the beginning and end of a section
What are bookends
This is the name of the wise tree in Pocahontas
Who is Grandmother Willow
The book of Isaiah is this kind of Biblical literature
What is prophecy
This current MLB player recently became the first to ever hit 50 home runs and steal 50 bases in the same season... If that's not impressive enough, he's also a pitcher.
Who is Shohei Ohtani
This theme has to do with God bringing consequences for the wrong things that have been done
Who is judgement
This is the largest country by land area in the world
What is Russia
This kind of structure makes its main point in the middle and then has mirroring sections on either side
What is a chiasm
These are the five emotions in Riley's head in the first Inside Out movie
What are Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and Disgust
Isaiah said this in response to being in the presence of God in Isaiah 6
What is "Woe is me"
"How can you not be romantic about baseball" is a quote from Moneyball--a movie starring this actor, who also starred in World War Z, Fight Club, Troy, Oceans 11, and many many more
Who is Brad Pitt
This is a major question we should ask when trying to determine the author's purpose in an Old Testament passage (think sin & the repetition of "and saw that it was good")
What is "what seems most important to the author"
This is the longest river in South America, flowing over 4,000 miles through the continent
What is the Amazon
When we read Isaiah 40 yesterday, the repetition of "A voice cries" in verses 3 & 9 is a good example of this kind of structure
What are bookends?
Who is Mowgli
This is the name of the Messiah mentioned in Isaiah 7 & what his name means
What is Immanuel, God with us
The Colorado Rockies drafted this player, who strangely enough, became arguably the most successful Quarterback in the history of the Seattle Seahawks
Who is Russell Wilson
This is the label on the largest box in the context graphic
What is entire Bible
This is the largest country by land area in South America
What is Brazil
Genesis 11 (the tower of Babel), with God coming down to see the tower in the middle of the story as the main point, is an example of this structure
What is a chiasm
This is the experiment number used to refer to Stitch in Lilo and Stitch
What is experiment 626
This character was offered a sign from God, but rejected it
Who is Ahaz
The Seattle Mariners are the 2nd MLB team to be in Seattle... This team was first
What are the Seattle Pilots
This is the label on the middle box of the context graphic
What is chapter/section
This is the smallest and shallowest of the oceans
What is the Arctic