Structure
	The reader is therefore urged to become structure-conscience, for if he does so he will find many passages unfolding before his eyes which he could otherwise not understand. -Robert Traina

Literary Structure

Literary structure observes the relationship between sentences and paragraphs. Identifying literary structure will answer questions like, "how does the story or thought flow from one sentence to the next?" Sometimes the structure is seen in the form of the letter, such as noting the introduction, body, conclusions and greetings of a letter. Other times we must note the structure that exist within each of these sections.

Types

1. Comparison - Heb 5:1-10
2. Contrast - Rom 4 (Law vs Faith)
3. Continuity - Luke 15 Parables
4. Particularization & Generalization - Matt 6:1-18; 1 Cor 10:31
5. Causation - Rom 1:18-32
6. Instrumentation - Signs were the instrument John used to demonstrate that Christ was the Son of God.
7. Explanation or Analysis - Mark 4:1-25
8. Preparation or Introduction - Gen 2:4-25 gives the setting for ch 3.
9. Summarization - Josh 12 summarizes the conquests of 1-11.
10. Interrogation - Rom 6-7

Material

Just a note before we leave structure: each structure may have different materials. The structure of a building is what gives it its shape. There may be two houses with the exact same structure, but one house has wooden studs and another has metal studs. One may have drywall, and the other may have plaster. There may be different materials for the same structure.

Thus, if comparison is the structure, the things being compared are the material. For instance, we may compare people and thus have a biographical comparison, or we may compare ideas and thus have an ideological comparison.

Homework

1. Identify the relationship found in Gal 3:15-18.
2. Title each paragraph in the book of Titus and make an outline.