AP English 3 11 September 2013 Rhetorical Analysis: Imagery In the sermon‚ “Sinners In The Hands of An Angry God‚” Jonathan Edwards utilizes imagery as one of the rhetorical devices in order to scare his audience back to the pious ways of the first generation Puritans. Edwards’ vivid descriptions of hell and eternal torment are examples of the emotional appeal pathos. He uses figurative language including metaphors‚ similes‚ and personification to illustrate this unfortunate scenario in the
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Edwards’ "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and the opening sentence of the Declaration both include many points such as the tone‚ diction‚ and syntax. The points shown throughout each sentence aims for the intent of obtaining the attention of the audience. The way each sentence is arranged with its own syntax can very well appeal to listeners‚ depending on its structure and imagery. Within the given sentence excerpt from Edwards’ "Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God" you may
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Outline 1. Introduction a. Hook - “Unconverted men walk over the pit of hell on a rotten covering.” ( A quote from Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”) b. Thesis – Jonathan Edwards’s sermon portrayed Puritans as sinners of their religion through the use of rhetorical strategies such as ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos. 2. Body Points c. Body 1 i. Topic Sentence - Ethos is referred to as the trustworthiness or credibility of the speaker and their
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Jonathan Edwards’ sermon ‘Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God’ is a window into an age fraught with religious controversy and moral confusion. The sermon was riddled with horrifying imagery and threats to instill fear into the audiences of Puritan Minister‚ Jonathan Edwards. The movement of religious revivalism that occurred in part because of Edwards caused the Puritan society to think of God as a vengeful‚ torturous God‚ of whom to be afraid. The Puritans fear of God and being condemned to hell
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Benjamin Town 31 August 2012 A Ray of Hope “Sinners in the hands of an angry God” was preached by Jonathan Edwards during a time when the people were relying on science more than their saviour in heaven‚ a time when people were lacking in their spiritual needs. This speech opened the eyes of many‚ and was so powerful it may very well have been the trigger of the great awakening. But why was this speech so powerful? Why did this speech change the lives of thousands? As we can see he used plenty
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and go to the New World‚ so they could practice their faith freely. At the center of their faith was God‚ they thought He was both merciless‚ angry‚ and vengeful‚ yet loving‚ kind‚ and gracious; they also thought their life was predestined‚ and God’s grace was the only thing that could save them. The Puritans believed that God was an angry‚ but merciful God. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚ a short story‚ shows a good example of this. In the story it said‚ "There are black clouds of God’s wrath
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In Jonathan Edwards’ powerful sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God it is evident that Edwards sought to coax the members of his congregation into salvation as well as convince “natural men”‚ or those who had not had a spiritual rebirth that their sinful actions would ultimately lead to the wrath of a merciless God. To persuasively convey this notion‚ Edwards utilizes various metaphors to compare God’s wrath and the sinner’s evil to heightened circumstances and attempts to provoke religious
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God The sermon ”Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God” was written by Christian theologian Jonathan Edwards‚ in 1741‚during the Puritan Revival also called Great Awakening.The doctrine was intended to plunge the fear of God into those who were being sinful. The author wants the audience to achieve grace and go to heaven. Jonathan Edwards tried to scare the audience into believing that God could do away with them at any second. He uses comparisons to portray the
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Xavier Johnson Period 4 2-25-13 Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Jonathan Edwards was a talented and inspiring man. Throughout his life‚ he worked as an educator‚ a philosopher‚ a scholar‚ a theologian‚ a journalist‚ and even as a musician. There can be no denying his hard work and his contributions to each and every one of those fields; yet the one thing that makes him stand out from all the others was his input and leadership during the First Great Awakening of 1740-1742. Around
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Our eyes are the windows to our souls‚ are we all wearing a black veil like like Mr. Hooper or have we disappointed God? In the text‚ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚” by Jonathan Edwards‚ its theme seems to be extinguishing all sin and the prediction of a terrible fate for all those who have sinned against God. While as in the text‚ “The Minister’s Black Veil‚” by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ the theme is covering up one’s sin to shield oneself from the sins of others. Edwards and Hawthorne both
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