1. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by Jonathan Edwards

2. Background Information
Important role in the shaping of The Great Awakening ( )
Grandfather of Aaron Burr
Was the fifth of eleven children
He entered Yale College in 1716, at just under the age of thirteen.
He was a scholar-pastor his rule being thirteen hours of study a day.

3. The Great Awakening
In 1740, the well-known British evangelist George Whitefield, joined with Jonathan Edwards to spark a religious revival that swept New England. The Great Awakening was a backlash against what many believed was a church that had grown far too lenient.
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List 5 changes that spawned from the Great Awakening.

4. “Fire and Brimstone” tradition
Edwards used the “Fire and Brimstone” tactic of preaching to SCARE people in to turning to God.
all non-believers will burn in hell
God’s wrath was upon those that did not believe
Turn NOW or go to Hell for all eternity

5. Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Analyze the Title
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God

6. Literary Elements
Metaphor – a figure of speech that compares or equates two seemingly unlike things. In contrast to a simile, a metaphor implies the comparison instead of stating it directly; hence there is no use of connectives such as like or as.

7. In creating effective images, writers use sensory details.
Literary Elements
Imagery – The “word pictures” that writers create to evoke an emotional response.
In creating effective images, writers use sensory details.

8. Literary Elements
Repetition – The recurrence of sounds, words, phrases, lines, or stanzas in a speech or piece of writing.
Repetition increases the sense of unity in a work and can call attention to particular ideas.

9. Literary Elements
Sensory details – Evocative words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses—sight, sound, smell, touch, or taste.