Johnathan Edwards Speech

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In the speech sinners in the hands of an angry god the subject is about how god is
Furious of couple few of people who are believe to be worshiping the devil, the occasion is
During puritan ceremony or mass in a puritan church during the seventeen century in
Early America, the audiences are Christian puritans who lived in the region, the purpose of
The Speech was to persuade more than inform, speaker is reverent Johnathan Edwards,
And in his speech he uses this frightening tone which he uses to pursed the town people of
That specific region that god is angry at them and his punishment is beyond imagination if
They don’t change the way they live. Therefore in this short essay I will be describing and
Writing down the strategies he uses to grab the reader’s attention such as cause and effect,
Exemplification, compare and contrast, and other strategies.

The author Johnathan Edward builds up an argument to …show more content…

Also in this quote the revert is trying to say that people who have been working all their life for the devil now have black cloud or an inconceivable punishment right over their heads in tell their time has come to be punished. Moreover another strategy that the author uses is exemplification in which he gives examples to change the atmosphere of the scene by giving a nerve racking and spine chilling quote in which(Johnthan Edwards) claims “ his wrath towards you will burn like fire.” which in simple terms means that gods punishment is some what like fire. And painful beyond what you think. However another great example of exemplification is when the revert (Johantan Edwards) states “ directly over your heads full of dreadful storm and big with thunder.” which mean that ithe storm that is awaiting you for the on judgement day it will cotain comtion and many undescribable

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