Chapter 6 Special Literary Forms Similes, Metaphors, Proverbs, Parables, and Allegories Virkler's Hermeneutics pg 147

• Objectives

• 1. Describe in one to three sentences each of the literary terms Similes, Metaphors, Proverbs, Parables, and Allegories
• 2. Identify these literary forms when they occur in the biblical text.
• 3. Describe the interpretive principles necessary to determine the author's intended meaning when he uses any of these literary devices.