A student reads a biblical story only as a list of facts and ignores its characters, setting, and plot. What interpretive feature has the student most clearly missed?

### Why this is right The handbook says that a story should be examined through features such as characters, setting, and plot. A list of facts may record events but miss how the narrative presents them and what its organization contributes. ### The concept Narrative is a literary form that presents events involving characters in a setting. Plot concerns how those events develop. These features help readers see relationships, conflict, and emphasis within the story. ### The other options - **B. The need to identify the biblical canon**: Canon concerns which books belong to Scripture, not how to analyze a story’s literary features. - **C. The process of manuscript transmission**: Transmission concerns copying texts across time. - **D. The distinction between Old and New Testaments**: This is a broad canonical division, not the missed feature in this reading scenario. ### Terms - **Narrative**: A literary form that presents connected events involving characters.