Immediate Observation Worksheet HOMI 500-B04

· Work from your structural diagram.

· Note your observations verse by verse.

· Focus on what you see in the text words.

· Do not ask research questions at this point.

· Work at it like a brainstorming session.

· Highlight the most fruitful observations.

Relationship of Text Ideas

Watch for

· Comparisons

· Contrasts

· Conditional Statements

· Correlative Structure

· Reasons

· Purpose

· Results

The Significant Words

Watch for

· Theological themes

· Figurative language

· Repetition

· Cross-references

Rhetorical Functions

Watch for

· Assertions

· Commands

· Admonitions

· Promises

· Causes

· Means

· Agency

Writing Sentence Summaries

· Use each theological theme

· Write simple and direct statements

· Show relationships between various ideas.