Though there are three different accounts of the Lord’s Last Supper in the bible—written by Matthew, Luke, and John—each record share common threads. Specifically speaking, the scriptures all express Jesus’ desire for people to, through the symbols of bread and wine, receive his body and blood in remembrance of him. In other words, through this symbolic and orderly process, all accounts show that Jesus wants his followers to remember the sacrifice he made: die on the cross to pay for mankind’s sins. Ultimately, I found these accounts to show Jesus suggesting a redemptive nature of his death.…
Jonathan Edwards wrote this lecture, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” to preach to the congregation of his church during the period of Great Awakening, a time of religious revival. He knows how to persuade and uses numerous techniques to do so. In his sermons, Edward’s expressive, informative, and argumentative writing style and his use of simile, metaphor, personification, imagery, and tone creates a fearful, emotional image in the minds of his readers.…
In Salvation Hughes tells of his confusing yet life changing event that occurred in his church. Hughes sat in church expecting Jesus to come into his life, but Jesus never came. When Langston alone sat on the bench and everyone crying and praying for him, he decides to get up and pretend to be saved. That night he cries for hours regretting what he did. Now that Hughes grew up he now can tell his story of that day in the church. Langston tells of his childhood experience and conveys into an adult understanding by using several strategies. These strategies consist of his naiveté, exaggeration, and sentence structure.…
In the sermon "Sinner's in the Hand of an Angry God" by Johnathan Edwards, he author describes how God can easily condem sinners into the pit the fiery pit of hell in any given moment. Edwards clearly informs his audience that God has an omnipotent force and won't delay on sending you into hell. He incorporates alliteration, imagery, and simile into his sermon to convey his message.…
Having gown up in Afghanistan prior to the Soviets invasion, Nelofer Pazira relays some defining aspects of her past in, “The Pilgrimage”. She describes her prewar vacation and her fond childhood memories to be “very different” from the media’s portrayal. One of her goals include authentically communicate what it was like to grown up in Afghanistan prior to the 1979 invasion of the Soviets. This portrayal was done through her childhood perspective, giving the essay a more simplistic point of view. The use of ethos is seen as, Nelofer is someone who is qualified to speak on the subject matter. In addition she appeals to the audience with pathos, the use of an emotional perspective helps vividly depicts her fondest childhood memories; as well…
To emphasize the importance of being saved Jonathan Edwards uses literary devices to appeal to the people that were still not converted, to go do so now.…
I don’t really want to write an essay this is more like an accumulation. However, if I were to have a thesis it would be something like: In chapter seven of The Awakening, Kate Chopin uses several subtextual techniques such as parallels, callbacks, and symbolism, to covertly convey an aspect of Edna’s sexuality that is, as the writer understands it, homosexual. By using these literary techniques in tandem with the strongly written friendship between Edna and Adele, Edna’s homosexuality can be unearthed from the subtext. (or something like that)…
Jonathon Edwards was quite known for his most famous sermon "from the sinners in the hands of an angry God." He often called people sinners and scared them in to believing that they were all going to hell. Edwards uses many rhetorical devices in his sermon, such as: figurative language; fear,parallel structure, and lastly repetition.…
The speech that the Pope gave to Congress was very powerful. He reached out to many valuable arguments. I believe that Pope Francis touched a lot of strong key points. He makes people think about these elements that are forceful throughout our whole nation. He always delivers a great message to everyone of the Roman Catholic faith.…
Augustine, although recognized as a saint today, was not always a man of great faith. For most of his life, he was tempted with sin, and he struggled to figure out who God was. In the earlier part of his life, he was fascinated by rhetoric. He admired famous rhetoricians, and he even wrote some works of his own, including The Confessions, in which he reveals the struggles he faced. Augustine’s attraction to rhetoricians is not something unfamiliar to a modern audience, as today it is something called “celebrity worship”.…
Persuasive writing has been often used to change an audience’s opinion on the writers’ topic of choice. Arguments are mainly supported by using the rhetorical devices of ethos, pathos, and logos. Jonathan Edwards spoke persuasively in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by using pathos to better the behaviors’ of his congregation. Olaudah Equiano wanted to persuade others to stop the Triangular Slave Trade in, “The Interesting Narrative of Olaudah Equiano” by using mainly logos. And lastly, “The Middle Passage” video documentary by PBS uses ethos and pathos to express the inhumanity of the slave trade. Each of these works have…
The Spot: Lingering videos of dispirited animals immediately flood the screen. Sarah McLauchlan’s song “In the Arms of an Angel” plays boldly in the background. In between the videos, startling facts appear plainly across the screen: “Every day in America thousands of animals suffer from cruelty and neglect,” “Thousands were rescued last year,” and “But for thousands of others help came too late.” Sarah McLauchlan, supporter of and speaker for the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), then appears on the screen with two dogs. She says, “These animals are crying out for our help,” and, ”For just $18 a month you can help rescue animals from abuse and provide them with medical care, food,…
The importance of conclusion cannot be ignored and it is one of the most important part of the sacred rhetoric. Just as a rhetoric without introduction is unskillful way of starting an argument, thus, likely to lose audience, the sacred rhetoric without conclusion will be awkward and incomplete. The purpose of all rhetoric is to produce a practical determination of the hearer’s will. The purpose of conclusion is to bind all heads of the discussion together and combine their strength, thus, to draw hearer’s irresistible conviction for their duty. Conclusion, henceforth, evinces the unity of the discourse.…
In the United States there are many different power relations. Many people argue that one of these political theories are better than the other one. In politics political participation, political institutions and public policy is a big part in politics. The political theories that are presented are Pluralism, State Autonomy, Elite Theory, Marxism, and Class Domination. Pluralism Theory is a center of how power is distributed between many groups. In State Autonomy there are two clear opposition sides between the states and they act in their own interests. Elite Theory is the theory of the states who describe the power relationships in the economy. Marxism Theory is the transition from capitalist to socialism. Class Domination…
God Grew Tired of Us is an award winning documentary that chronicles the struggles of three young Sudanese men. It documents their journey to America as well as their acclimation to the culture. In my opinion, God Grew Tired of Us opens your eyes to the crisis in Sudan on an almost painful level. It was an amazing film about the pain and suffering of those young boys, who were forced to become men so quickly.…