Rhetorical Analysis Of Sinners In The Hands Of An Angry God

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When you are apart of a certain religion, there are expectations that you are expected to uphold, but what do you do when everything you’ve done your whole life that was considered God’s wishes in your eyes, was considered a giant sin in others? In the sermon, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, written by Jonathan Edwards; he explains in great detail how even the smallest of sin, and even not a sin at all, can send you into the dreadful pits of hell. The rhetorical devices that he uses in this sermon to persuade the audience are imagery, hypothetical situation and logos to adequately describe what the matter at hand is. The first device chosen was imagery. Jonathan Edwards uses imagery throughout his sermon in multiple areas, to entice
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