Author: Jonathan Edwards
Title: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Audience: Members of the church at which Edwards is speaking.
Topic: Edwards is conveying the message that as a result of their sinful ways, Christians are will be exposed to unexpected destruction and have to face the consequences of God's wrath if they do not obey him.
Purpose: Persuading his audience, the members of the Church to obey God by striking fear of Hell into them.
Strategies: Metaphor, Simile, Ethos, Logos, Pathos, Allusion, Symbolism.
Needs of the Audience: Audience needs guidance from the Church and answers to how they should live their lives. Also they need to know that consequences of their sinful actions.
Rhetorical Situation: Edwards convinces his audience that if they do not follow God and live how they should here on Earth, they will have to face God's wrath in the afterlife.
Title: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Audience: Members of the church at which Edwards is speaking.
Topic: Edwards is conveying the message that as a result of their sinful ways, Christians are will be exposed to unexpected destruction and have to face the consequences of God's wrath if they do not obey him.
Purpose: Persuading his audience, the members of the Church to obey God by striking fear of Hell into them.
Strategies: Metaphor, Simile, Ethos, Logos, Pathos, Allusion, Symbolism.
Needs of the Audience: Audience needs guidance from the Church and answers to how they should live their lives. Also they need to know that consequences of their sinful actions.
Rhetorical Situation: Edwards convinces his audience that if they do not follow God and live how they should here on Earth, they will have to face God's wrath in the afterlife.