Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

What religious movement was going on at the time this sermon was delivered?

• The Great Revival

• The Religious Renewal

• The Great Awakening

• The Church Reunited

Which of the following best describes the tone of Edwards' message?

• Discouraging

• Disappointing

• Serious

• Angry

Which of the following literary devices does Edwards include in his sermon?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• All of these

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

What is the main purpose of this sermon?

• To encourage people to give more to the church

• To convert sinners to Christ

• To discourage gossip in the church

• To preach against sin

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CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

What technique is used in this statement: "nothing to keep off the flames of wrath, nothing of your own, nothing that you ever have done, nothing that you can do, to induce God to spare you one moment"?

• Allusion

• Simile

• Repetition

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

"Your damnation does not slumber" is an example of--

• Simile

• Onomatopoeia

• Personification

• Oxymoron

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

"It is a great furnace of wrath" is an example of--

• Metaphor

• Oxymoron

• Simile

• None of these

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

"[T]here is hell's wide gaping mouth open" is an example of--

• Simile

• Personification

• Onomatopoeia

• Allusion

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Which of the following contains NO figurative language?

• "There are black clouds of God's wrath hanging directly over your heads"

• "Christ has thrown the door of mercy wide open, and stands calling and crying with a loud voice to poor sinners"

• "The bow of God's wrath is bent, and the arrow made ready on the string, and justice bends the arrow at your heart"

• "However unconvinced you may now be of the truth of what you hear, by and by you will be fully convinced of it."

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

In his sermon, Edwards discusses how good works will erase sinful behavior.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.W.11-12.9