Today, we read "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathon Edwards. This document is an excerpt of the 6-hour sermon he delivered in July of 1741.
We read the sermon and started a rhetorical analysis. Edwards' whole purpose for writing and delivering this sermon was to scare his fellow Puritans into reforming their ways and being stricter with their religion. To scare them, he repeatedly calls them "sinners" and discusses the various ways in which he believes God is going to condemn them to an eternity in hell. It's pretty bleak, to be honest.
Appealing to your audience's emotions is one way to get your point across, and Edwards did this by appealing to their fear, pity, and guilt. We used this emotional appeals worksheet to find examples of Edwards' use of emotional appeals, which we also call pathos.
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