Often, writers use rhetoric, or persuasive language, to help them convince readers that what they are saying is believable and right. This is especially true about speakers like Jonathan Edwards. Return to the sermon and look for places where Edwards is trying to use powerful, persuasive, and figurative language in order to have an emotional impact on those who were listening to it. What specific words and phrases are designed to affect the audience? What was that intended effect? Does this language help Edwards seem more persuasive, or make his point clearer? Why or why not? Be sure to use specific evidence from the sermon to