10/10/12 Test Period 3 The assessment was created to measure your ability to analyze how the author’s use of words created an angry and vengeful tone with an intense‚ scary and eerie mood. With his use of words he was able to make an angry tone which put a scary mood or feeling when a person reads the author’s abhor words. The author uses metaphors to show the tones and moods shown in his writing. A metaphor that shows mood is “The bow of God’s wrath is bent‚ and the
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Metaphors: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathon Edwards is an important piece of early American literature. The purpose of this sermon‚ written in 1741‚ was to persuade congregations to devote themselves fully to Puritan beliefs. It is characterized by the author’s use of emotional language‚ strong imagery and intense metaphors to paint a horrifying picture of eternal damnation for unsaved individuals. Through these techniques‚ Edwards effectively
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God Jonathan Edwards’s speech "Sinners in The Hands of an Angry God" was given to a group of puritans in 1741. In this time in the American colonies the citizens were becoming more and more distant from the church so Edwards tried to change that with a new kind of sermon. As the speech was given Edwards spoke in a very serious manner‚ he delivered it as if were a final warning to the puritans. This speech was Edwards attempt at waking up the puritans;
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Fort 1 Jacy Fort Period 7 Lee AP English 11 1/18/11 Drag Me Down To Hell It is obvious that the role of preachers is to convert the unconverted and teach his congregation the ways of righteousness; however some preachers use tactics of using fear as a means to scare their congregation into conversion. One such Preacher who used fear to his advantage was Jonathan Edwards. Edward’s most famous sermon which he delivered on a trip to the congregation at Enfield‚ Connecticut was a perfect example
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Jonathan Edwards’ sermon titled “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” set out to persuade followers of God‚ differing in age‚ gender and social status to renounce their sinful ways and surrender to the will of God‚ which resonates through this skillfully crafted speech utilizing the power of vivid description and metaphors. Edwards the master of intense imagery utilizes metaphors in his sermon quite artfully and the first description‚ among several others which captured my attention says “The glittering
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Often in sermons ministers persuade their audience to behave in a spirituals or morel fashion‚ such is the case in Jonathan Edwards where he meaning God can destroy the sinners with ease if they do not repent. Edwards wanted to impact his audience by appealing to their fear‚ pity‚ and vanity .Edwards had a powerful impact on his puritan audience because of the use of cautionary tone‚ vexed imagery‚ and admonishing figurative language. Furthermore Edwards had a powerful impact on his puritan audience
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coast to New England‚ ministering along the way. He encouraged his congregations to experience a new birth‚ or emotional conversion. In 1741‚ Edwards delivered his most famous sermon‚ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”. In this sermon‚ he reminded the congregation that God held their fate as sinners in his hands‚ and that they needed to repent or be cast into the fiery pits of Hell. While the Great Awakening caused a religious resurgence in the colonies‚ and led many back to the religious foundations
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life during the Age of Faith • http://www.studymode.com/essays/Ages-Faith-Reason-Romantics-43792.html Jonathan Edwards “Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God” • http://www.studymode.com/essays/Ages-Faith-Reason-Romantics-43792.html • Revival began to spring up again‚ and Edwards preached his most famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"‚ in Enfield‚ Connecticut in 1741. Though this sermon has been widely reprinted as an example of "fire and brimstone" preaching
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puritan writers during this time period were extremely religious and often spoke of god in their writings. Anne Bradstreet’s poems “To My Dear And Loving Husband” and “Upon the Burning of our House” as well as Jonathan Edwards sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” are great examples of puritan writing. Both of these writers express similarities in their religious values and use plenty of figurative language to express their ideas to their audience. Both Bradstreet and Edwards showed their
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hell and the Old Testament teachings‚ where the Lord is presented as a righteous God who punishes people that commit sinful acts. The pastor accentuates that the Lord is furious at sinners‚ yet His righteous hand (reference to Isaiah 41:10) is what is abstaining them from falling to hell‚ “yet it is nothing but his hand that holds you from falling into the fire”. ‘’’’’’’ God being enraged with His people is revealed in Deuteronomy 32‚ where God chastises Israel for breaking the
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