9/30/16 - Elias Frieling

Today Mr. Rivers wasn't here, and we had Allen fill in as a substitute. Because of this we read a speech, Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God, by Jonathan Edwards. This was a very angry speech in which he is pretty much telling everyone they will burn in hell. Despite this, Edwards used lots of good literary and rhetorical devices to describe exactly how bad it will be burn in hell for eternity. This is especially true if they are Ben and vandalize things. The assignment is for us to work with our group and find 3 examples of literary or rhetorical devices, and write the answers on google classroom. Our group's examples were, 1. "...his wrath towards you burns like fire..." -simile. 2. "It is EVERLASTING wrath" -hyperbole. 3. "...with their hearts filled with love..." -imagery/metaphor. In all of these examples, Edwards uses literary devices to further describe the afterlife in hell after a life full of soon. In addition using what we learned yesterday it can be concluded that this speech is rhetoric as it does not tell a narrative, but is used to convince people not to sin by describing what happens if you don't.