Introduction: Have you ever been in so much trouble that you thought that there is no way God can help you and hear your prayers? Link: Then you need to see what happened to Paul and Silas in this story. Story: Paul and Silas was on their way to pray and a slave girl who had demons and was able to tell you what can happen in the future kept following them saying these men are the servants of the Most High God ‚ and they have come to tell you how you can be saved. She used to make a lot of money
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His children is facing. Acts 16 tells of how Paul and Silas were busy doing the work of the LORD‚ during which time‚ they encountered a girl possessed with an evil spirit. Furthermore‚ the girl followed Paul and Silas around for the purpose of harassing them. Needless to say‚ Paul cast the evil spirit out of her‚ which didn’t go over well with her masters‚ inasmuch as‚ her fortune telling brought them much money. Consequently‚ Paul and Silas were thrown into prison. Acts 16:19 says: "But when
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In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚" Jonothan Edwards makes use of similes‚ hyperboles‚ and repetition to strike fear into his audience in order to persuade them. By utilizing the sense of fear along with the rhetorical devices he manages to prove his point. By utilizing similes‚ Edwards makes a comparison to illustrate his point. An example would be when he states‚ "his wrath towards you burns like fire; he looks upon you as worthy of nothing else..." In the quote the comparison being
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slaughter. This simile has a very deep and emotional meaning to several people because the Jews did not have an easy life during this period of time. They were forced onto trains‚ not knowing where they are going‚ or where they are at. Sometimes they would even be told that they’re going to a certain place‚ but will end up arriving to a death camp. Comparing Jews to sheep has a great deal of relevance because they were both beat‚ killed‚ and tortured. The slaughter in that rooted simile was referring
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J. R. R. Tolkien’s use of similes in "The Fellowship of the Ring‚" like most of his figurative language and imagery in the Ring trilogy‚ attach characters and events to the neighboring dwarf and elven lands‚ to nature. He‚ made what novel experts of Concordia University have called a Christian epic‚ locates spirituality not in a Christ-like figure‚ such as C.S. Lewis’ Aslan‚ but in recurrent relation to innate vigor. His nature similes ground Middle Earth folk in spiritual life. The way he chooses
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portrayed by the main character Silas excellently. Silas is an older man that knows he is close to his end‚ but the sad thing is that at the end of the writing it appears‚ he not only accepts it will happen but wants it to happen sooner than later. It was weird‚ but when reading this‚ there was an eerie feeling of belonging for Silas‚ as he lived in a house that is broken down‚ having seen a lot of happiness in its prime. Unfortunately‚ at the current time‚ Silas has outlived every and any moment
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The Rise of Silas Lapham Eng. 101 6/21/2012 Mr. Sewell‚ in The Rise of Silas Lapham‚ is created by the author as a man of wisdom; he is a Unitarian minister whom Lapham viewed as a man with great knowledge‚ and understanding of how things worked‚ and how they should have been such as marriage‚ and politics. Mr. Sewell’s advice about”
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In “The Story of an Hour‚” Kate Chopin uses optimistic imagery to state that freedom is a spark that becomes a flame to those who are binded by darkness as her main idea. She is able to convey this main idea to the readers through metaphors and similes that correlates with freedom. Chopin states her main idea by using optimistic metaphor about the taste of freedom from a woman‚ whose husband was thought to be dead. In the story‚ the narrator says‚ “she was drinking in a very
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Similes are sometimes made without using the words "like" or "as." This often occurs when making comparisons of differing values. "Norman was more anxious to leave the area than Herman Milquetoast after seeing ten abominable snowmen charging his way with hunger in their eyes." "But this truth is more obvious than the sun--here it is; look at it; its brightness blinds you." "Shall I compare thee to a summer ’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate:" - William Shakespeare‚ Sonnet 18
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In Homer’s book‚ The Iliad‚ epic similes are used throughout the book‚ by exploring one of these similes‚ Homer reveals ‚in the simile‚ that men of war can transform into an animal and take on their characteristics. Homer uses the epic simile to reveal how men of war are akin to a predator attacking its prey. In the epic simile‚ as Homer describes Aeantes and Little Ajax as lions‚ he uses the word “seize” as another way to say pounce. That these Achaeans have taken on the form of a predator‚ the
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