Mrs. Garrard
EN35
Puritans Era
“Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
Text Dependent Questions
Directions: Answer the following questions in your ISN – page 37, under your SOAPSTone
reference paper. Create a table like the one below. You may work with your pod of four to
complete this analysis. Be sure to include textual evidence to support each of your answers.
1. The excerpt of this sermon that is provided is written in second person. What is the effect of
this point of view on the audience? What effect might Edwards be trying to create?
2. What counterclaim (opposing view point) does Edwards acknowledge in paragraph 2?
3. How does he provide a rebuttal to this idea?
4. Identify two examples of figurative language. Identify what type of figurative language it is
(metaphor, simile, etc.), and explain the meaning.
5. Identify the shift in the sermon. Where does Edwards’s tone and message change? How
does this fit into the form of a jeremiad?
6. Edwards utilizes a bandwagon appeal in this sermon. (A bandwagon appeal is an attempt to
persuade an audience to do something or join a cause simply because of its popularity.)
Locate the lines in which Edwards uses this tactic and evaluate its efficacy.
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1
2
Answer
Evidence
(remember to cite using paragraph #s)
Edwards writes in second person in order to… “This that you have heard is the case
of everyone of you that are out of
Christ” (1).