Persuasive Speeches/Texts

In his sermon, Edwards MAINLY taps into his audience's fear of

• their minister's wrath
• burning forever in a fiery pit
• associating with sinners
• floods and other natural disasters

What does Edwards' metaphor, "The bow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string" mean?

• God is violent
• God's wrath is misdirected
• God is prepared to demonstrate his anger
• God's anger will cause much pain

Which of the following quotations is the BEST example of a metaphor? 

• "However you may have reformed your life..."
• "your guilt in the meantime is constantly increasing..."
• "the mere arbitrary will, and uncovenanted, unobliged forbearance of an incensed God"
• "the floods of God's vengeance have been withheld..."

Which of the following phrases is NOT a metaphor or simile?

• The bow of God's wrath
• That world of misery
• Burns you like fire
• The floods of God's vengeance

Edwards compares each of his listeners to "a spider or some loathsome insect held over the fire" in order to stress a human being's

• Ugliness in God's eyes
• Unimportance in God's plan
• Powerlessness in comparison to God
• Courage in the face of God's wrath

What is the basic way in which Edwards tries to move his listeners in "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"?

• with stories of salvation
• with images of hell
• with descriptions of spiders
• with cries for them to flee

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

"...hell opens its mouth wide to receive them..." What type of figurative language is the portion in blue?

• alliteration
• metaphor
• personification
• simile

When Edwards says, "however unconvinced you may now be of the truth of what you hear, by and by you will be fully convinced of it," he:

• uses pathos to instill fear
• addresses a counterargument from non-believers
• uses repetition to make a point
• establishes ethos by claiming intelligence

Identify the sentence that best illustrates the concept of anaphora

• "the air does not willingly serve you for breath to maintain the flame of life in your vitals, while you spend your life in the service of God's enemies"
• "There are black clouds of God's wrath now hanging directly over your heads, full of the dreadful storm, and big with thunder"
• "And there is no other reason to be given, why you have not dropped into hell since you arose in the morning"
• "Nothing to lay hold of...nothing to keep off the flames...nothing that you have done...nothing that you can do"

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