I looked at the two boys who were sitting over in the grass. Unlike David, these boys had not come to support me. They had come to tease me about my pitching skills. So instead of giving up in frustration, I grabbed the ball in my hand that it would go straight this time of sideway like it always did. Question 1: What point of view is this story to from? A. First person B. Second person C. Third person D. No answer text provided. Question 2: What text structure is used in the paragraph? A. Compared and Contrast B. Cause and Effect C. Description D. No answer text provided. Question 3: What can you predict will happen next in the story? A. The ball will go in a straight line B. The narrator will move to a new neighborhood C. The two boys will be hit by the ball D. No answer text provided. Question 4: what is the theme for this text?

Question 1: A. First person (You are the main character)

Question 2: C. Description (You are describing the situation in first person)

Question 3: C. The two boys will be hit by the ball

Question 4: Revenge

11-32. the main character in the parable, the forgiving father, whose character remains constant throughout the story, is a picture of god. in telling the story, jesus identifies himself with god in his loving attitude to the lost. the younger son symbolizes the lost (the tax collectors and sinners of that day, luke 15: 1), and the elder brother represents the self-righteous (the pharisees and teachers of the law of that day, luke 15: 2). the major theme of this parable seems not to be so much the conversion of the sinner, as in the previous two parables of luke 15, but rather the restoration of a believer into fellowship with the father. in the first two parables, the owner went out to look for what was lost (luke 15: 1-10), whereas in this story the father waits and watches eagerly for his son's return. we see a progression through the three parables from the relationship of one in a hundred (luke 15: 1-7), to one in ten (luke 15: 8-10), to one in one (luke 15: 11-32), demonstrating god’s love for each individual and his personal attentiveness towards all humanity. we see in this story the graciousness of the father overshadowing the sinfulness of the son, as it is the memory of the father’s goodness that brings the prodigal son to repentance (romans 2: 4).