organizes the units together

English translation: links or connects all the units

12:21 Nov 16, 2016
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Art/Literary - Religion / About the book of Ecclesiastes
English term or phrase: organizes the units together
Although Ecclesiastes is wisdom literature, it does not read like a typical collection of proverbs. The proverbs are molded into clusters, and furthermore there is a unifying plot line that ***organizes the units together***. The units fall into the three categories of recollections, reflections, and mood pieces. All of these are expressed by a narrator who in effect tells the story of his quest to find satisfaction in life. This quest is reconstructed from the vantage point of someone whose quest ended satisfactorily. The transitions between units often keep the quest in view: “so I turned to consider,” “again I saw,” “then I saw,” etc. As the quest unfolds, one is continuously aware of the discrepancy between the narrator’s present outlook and his futile search undertaken in the past.

Does this mean "unify"? That would be redundant.
Ana Juliá
Spain
Local time: 02:40
Selected answer:links or connects all the units
Explanation:
the "unifying plot line" along with the signposting elements of the "transitions between units" such as: “so I turned to consider,” “again I saw,” “then I saw, connect or link all the units

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Note added at 52 mins (2016-11-16 13:14:03 GMT)
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it also says that the "proverbs are molded into clusters" and that the "units fall into the three categories of recollections, reflections, and mood pieces" so, all these units are linked or connected

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Note added at 9 days (2016-11-26 11:46:11 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped

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Yvonne Gallagher
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SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
4 +1arranges/forms the units together
Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
3 +1draws a path between units
Didier Fourcot
4links or connects all the units
Yvonne Gallagher
3synthesizes complementary viewpoints
richardbennett


  

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
draws a path between units


Explanation:
Writing is unidirectional: the "unifying plot line" draws a path and drives the reader through the units, this is not only a link but an order, a sequence of items that are to be visited one after the other

Didier Fourcot
Local time: 02:40
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Tina Vonhof (X): Or worded differently, there is a plot line that 'runs through' the units.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
arranges/forms the units together


Explanation:
My proposal.

Juan Arturo Blackmore Zerón
Mexico
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agree  acetran
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  -> Thanks Acetran!
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synthesizes complementary viewpoints


Explanation:
Proverbs has few, if any, "units"; rather, you're looking at complementary thought patterns and doctrinal contributions bound into specific moralistic intents and purposes

richardbennett
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links or connects all the units


Explanation:
the "unifying plot line" along with the signposting elements of the "transitions between units" such as: “so I turned to consider,” “again I saw,” “then I saw, connect or link all the units

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Note added at 52 mins (2016-11-16 13:14:03 GMT)
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it also says that the "proverbs are molded into clusters" and that the "units fall into the three categories of recollections, reflections, and mood pieces" so, all these units are linked or connected

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Note added at 9 days (2016-11-26 11:46:11 GMT) Post-grading
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glad to have helped



Yvonne Gallagher
Ireland
Local time: 01:40
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 108
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Thank you all

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  philgoddard: I agree that this is the meaning, but as the asker suggests, it's redundant.
22 mins
  -> well yes, there's a lot of repetition in religious tests but "unify" and "link" are not exact synonyms anyway
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