Sinners

Appeals to consider:

Vanity: excessive pride in or admiration of one's own appearance or achievementsPride: a feeling or deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired.Guilt: make (someone) feel guilty, especially in order to induce them to do somethingFear: be afraid of (someone or something) as likely to be dangerous, painful, or threatening.

Quotations: use MLA in-text citations

Rhetorical Strategies: identify device/s being used in quotations.

Effect/Purpose: what is the effect of this strategy on the audience? How is the audience moved/influenced towards the author’s purpose?

“Many are daily coming from the east, west, north, and south; many that were very lately in the same miserable condition that you are in, are now in a happy state, their hearts filled with love to him who has loved them” (125, lines 96-99).

Logos- appeal to logic Edwards is telling his audience the logical thing to do is to change their hearts. He tells the audience that they will be sent to fiery pits at any moment if they do not undergo this personal conversion. The logical thing to do is to avoid hell and instead have faith in God.

Example

Literary Devices

• Choose SIX of the ten literary terms to find in the text.• Find examples of literary devices for the terms listed. Include the page

and line numbers for your examples. • If you do not remember a definition, use the glossary in the back of

the book.• You may work together at your tables, splitting up the terms and

sharing the information.