1. Rhetorical Analysis of from “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

2. 1. What appeal does Edwards use here? How does he use it?

3. 2. What is his purpose? What does he hope will be accomplished?

4. 3. To which of the five senses does Edwards appeal?

5. 4. Discuss the effect and the diction he uses to create that effect.

6. 5. What scheme of repetition is used in this paragraph? Provide concrete details to support your answer.

7. 6. What is he emphasizing through the use of “nothing?”

8. 7. What element of delivery does Edwards employ to convey such an overwhelming sense of despair? Provide details. The paragraph that begins with, “It is everlasting” amd ends with, “…of God’s anger” (156).

9. 8. What appeal does Edwards use here? How does he accomplish this? The paragraph that begins with, “And now you,” and ends with “…such a condition?” (156).

10. 9. What is the purpose of Edwards’s sermon?

11. 10. Provide two moments when Edwards uses punctuation to emphasize something? What is the effect of each?

12. 11. Provide an example of syntactical climax within the text.