Which statement best explains why edwards repeats the image of fire throughout "sinners in the hands of an angry god"? he wants to remind the congregation that there is fire in hell. he wants to increase his audience’s fear of hell. he wants to make fire seem less unusual to the listener. he wants to provide evidence that there is fire in hell.

Edwards repeats the image of fire throughout "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" because he wants to increase his audience's fear of hell.

To convince the unconverted and the unredeemed sinners he has to apply to their emotions as well as their minds, so he uses dreadful metaphors to make them uneasy. The flames of hell are ready to swallow them and death is a breath away.

He wants to increase his audience’s fear of hell.  

Further Explanation:

The novel “Sinners in the hand of an angry god” was written by Jonathan Edwards who was a British Colonial theologian. Post writing this novel, The writer, Jonathan Edwards was preached to his own congregation to the unknown effect and his preaching took place in Northampton. This novel is known to be as a typical sermon of the Great Awakening and focuses on the teaching which says, “Hell is Real” and by using this sermon, the writer hopes that audience will get to know the true reality of the hell which is waiting for their death without calling on the Christ to be saved.  

The writer also states that time and again, God gives the chances to the sinners to confess to their crimes but when they don’t confess to their crimes then God is left with no choice but to send those sinners to Hell.  

Learn More:

1.As the result of a conflict between British troops and a colonial militia in Massachusetts,

2.Though the outcomes of the Schenck and New York Times differed, what did these decisions have in common? The government has a heavy burden to prove harm. The government can limit speech that causes harm. The government has unlimited power to limit speech. The government must follow the first amendment.

Answer Details:

Grade: High School

Chapter: Jonathan Edwards

Subject: English

Keywords: Angry God, Sin, Sinners, Confess, Hell, Sermon, Jonathan Edwards, Audience, Fear of Hell, Crimes, Unhuman.  

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

the answer should be b.

explanation:

it should be b because she researched before writing so it would be in past tense. "the author researches her subject before she had written the first draft.