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August 28 th -29th

August 28 th -29th. Puritan Literature from Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God 8/28 th -29th. Bellwork: What persuades people to behave morally? List at least 3 reasons for behaving morally and why one is persuaded by these reasons (1/2 page). Common Core Standards:

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August 28 th -29th

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  1. August 28th-29th

  2. Puritan Literaturefrom Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God8/28th -29th • Bellwork: What persuades people to behave morally? List at least 3 reasons for behaving morally and why one is persuaded by these reasons (1/2 page). • Common Core Standards: • RI6-Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text in which the rhetoric is particularly effective, analyzing how style and content contribute to the power, persuasiveness or beauty of the text. • Get with a partner and write a script: Parents are trying to persuade their child not to text and drive. (incorporate fear, guilt, and compassion for others as persuasive devices)

  3. Jonathan Edward’s “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” was written with a clear purpose • To make the experience of hell so real and frightening that people in his audience would change their lives. • As you read the selection, identify the details that reveal the author’s purpose.

  4. Activity • Read Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. • Identify 5 emotional appeals (arguments that appeal to emotions) made by Edwards to his congregation. • Appeal page and line emotion

  5. Exit ticket • In the 18th century people died at a much younger age than they do today. • How might the awareness of this frailty of life have affected people’s receptiveness to Edward’s sermons?

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