Classwork
Friday and Monday allowed us the contact with Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God," a sermon delivered at the height of Jonathon Edwards' rhetorical powers. Its quiet calm and quiet delivery belies the sermon's rhetorical giftedness, an arguable point that your analysis should uncover.
Your job is to read the PDF (download it and print it for easy reference) and identify the following:
* syntax choices, i.e., inverted word order, complex/compound-complex sentence types, etc.)
* diction and effect
* imagery
* figurative language
* appeals (pathos, logos, ethos)
* audience needs/shared warrants
* text that suggests author's purpose
Your job is to read the PDF (download it and print it for easy reference) and identify the following:
* syntax choices, i.e., inverted word order, complex/compound-complex sentence types, etc.)
* diction and effect
* imagery
* figurative language
* appeals (pathos, logos, ethos)
* audience needs/shared warrants
* text that suggests author's purpose
Homework...
1) Complete your DOIs. Make sure they are revised with an eye towards The Declaration of Independence.
2) Bring to class your first typed draft of your GOW paper. Make sure it follows MLA format, has an outline, a thesis statement, and a works cited page.
3) Finish your analysis on "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
2) Bring to class your first typed draft of your GOW paper. Make sure it follows MLA format, has an outline, a thesis statement, and a works cited page.
3) Finish your analysis on "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
sinners.pdf |