Lesson 3 Reading Review and Vocab Terms

According to Chapter 1 in your textbook, story is the only way to communicate truth.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

a good way but not the only way

Who, according to Newbigin, is the hero of the Bible?

Name one of the bearers of God's purpose, according to Newbigin.

Answer explanation

Israel; Jesus; the Christian church

The Bible, according to Newbigin, is "a unique interpretation of universal history."

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Pages 8 and 34

Name one example of conflict that is found in the story of the Bible.

a struggle between opposing forces

• falling action

• plot

• unity

• conflict

the plot's first segment, which often reveals the characters, setting, and situation of the story

• exposition

• resolution

• protagonist

• denouement

the turning point in the story, often the most suspenseful point (the point at which the reader will know whether the main character is successful in meeting his goal)

• denouement

• resolution

• climax

• protagonist

the events or circumstances that reveal the end of the conflict

• resolution

• rising action

• falling action

• exposition

the sequence of events or actions in a story (according to Aristotle, a complete whole containing a beginning, a middle, and an end)

• unity

• conflict

• plot

• protagonist