Author

1. Genre and Sub-Genres

Primary genre classification and any sub-genre elements.

2. Literary Structure

Immediate and surrounding structure. Use ASCII diagrams for chiastic and parallel structures:

A  - element
  B  - element
    C  - pivot
  B' - element
A' - element

3. Voice, Mood, and Style

Narrative voice, emotional tone, stylistic characteristics.

4. Rhetorical Devices

Identified devices with examples from the text.

5. Literary Devices

Identified devices with examples from the text.

6. Characters and Images

Who/what appears, their role and purpose in the passage.

7. Numerology and Symbolic Elements

Number significance, word counts, repeated patterns, numerical word values, macro/micro patterns.

8. Colors, Items, and Significance

Symbolic objects, colors, and their biblical precedent. Use catalog tables: | Symbol | Meaning | Biblical Precedent |

Formatting

• ASCII structural diagrams with indentation
• Chiastic notation: A/B/C/B'/A'
• Symbol catalog tables
• Hebrew/Greek terms: term (Hebrew: script, transliteration)
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