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    Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” AP Writing Prompt Analyze how Edwards’s distinctive style reveals his purpose to his audience. In Puritan America‚ colonists were constantly fearful of what would happen when they died. Since death at a young age was altogether too common in those times‚ early Americans wanted to be sure that they were right with God. Puritan preacher Jonathan Edwards understood these fears within his congregation and took advantage of them to make an argument for salvation

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    In Jonathan Edwards’s "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"‚ the usage of rhetoric and figurative language is used to illustrate its arguments and to help persuade its audience. In the sermon‚ Edwards attempts to warn his audience against living a life of sin or risk suffering the wrath of God. One of the way Edwards convinces people is by using imagery. He emphasizes the fierceness of God to stir fear in his audience and describes in detail the horrible consequences they would have to endure.

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    colonial text in Sinners in the hands of an angry god‚ speech to Virginia conviction‚ and self reliance In Sinners in the hands of an angry godJonathan Edwards does not show individualism instead he gives all the power to God‚ and none to the individual. One quote that shows Edwards giving the power to god is. “That the reason why they are not fallen already and do not fall now is only that God’s appointed time is not come. For it is said‚ that when that due time‚ or

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    idea that God knows where each person will end in eternity‚ and the Protestant work ethic‚ the idea that hard work displays Godliness and wins God’s favor‚ penetrated the colonist’s lives and literature. As Puritan influence decreased in the late 17th century‚ the Age of Reason blossomed‚ shifting literature from teachings

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    "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Rhetorical Analysis Essay Jonathan Edwards‚ a famous preacher in pre-colonial times‚ composed a sermon that was driven to alert and inject neo Puritanical fear into an eighteenth century congregation. This Bible based and serious audience sought after religious instruction and enlightenment. Through the sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚" Edwards offers a very harsh interpretation to humankind. Edwards utilizes various rhetorical techniques to

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    In the excerpt Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God by Jonathan Edwards‚ he demonstrates many different Puritan ideas. Edward feels just as the thoughts that are changing later on were based upon. He believes God as a deity who longs for his people to lead great‚ generous lives. Rather than talk gently about sinful behavior‚ Edwards considered it most effective to discuss God’s wrath. Rather than believing in the idea of predestination‚ he believed people had the power to save themselves by living

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    Jonathon Edwards‚ in his sermon Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚ influences his congregation through rhetoric that contains a strong pathos appeal. First off‚ Edwards compares man and his righteousness to insects to demonstrate the unworthiness and insignificance of man and to make the audience feel helpless. For example‚ Edwards writes‚ “The God that holds you over the pits of Hell‚ much as one holds a spider‚ or some loathsome insect over a fire‚ abhors you‚ and is dreadfully provoked:” (Edwards

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    Preacher Jonathan Edwards in Sinners in the Hands of a an Angry God used fear of eternal damnation to motivate his followers to repent. In Scared Straight? The program used fear to make teenagers experience the consequences about their acts. I think fear is a good motivational between kids and parents . It works between teachers and students ‚ it works between citizens and law. Fear is a good motivational force between kids and parents. My father and mother they were very strict with me. If i misbehave

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    Rhetorical Devices used by Jonathan Edward In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” During the Great Awaking on July 8‚ 1741 a minister named Jonathan Edwards preached a sermon of warning to all sinners called “Sinner in the Hand of an Angry God”. Edwards’s sermon brought people of all kinds to tears and to collapse in dread. In Edwards’s sermon he preaches the greats fear of all sinners‚ full of hellish metaphors‚ loaded diction‚ and vivid imagery to scare all sinners into being reborn. One of

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    classic literature can help illustrate the two-strand rope of human thought‚ especially by studying and interpreting Puritan-era works like The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ “The Crucible” by Arthur Miller‚ and “Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards. Although theological ethics are significant motivators towards personal choice in these three works‚ so are humanistic ethics‚ leading to conflict between the two ideas. Throughout these works‚ it becomes apparent that not

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