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    Quinn froze. Artemis? The hunt? "Excuse me?" Quinn whispered. Her voice rose, "I'm sorry. In the world I think I lived in, there was no Artemis and no 'the hunt.'" Artemis and the girl shook their heads. "You know of the Greek gods and goddesses, yet you look at us as if they do not exist." The girl commented. "'Cause they don't." Quinn stated in a disbelieving tone. Artemis and the girl both gasped. Artemis shook her head in dismay. "Just because you can't see, doesn't mean they don't exist

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    the Heart of God by Brent Curtis and John Eldredge is an interesting book that’s supposedly filled with useful information about how to live like a Christian and become more like Christ. However, this book has many issues. Brent Curtis and John Eldredge attempt to get us as readers to understand how to live and be more like Christ by comparing the pains and sufferings we all go through in our everyday lives to that of arrows piercing our hearts. As Curtis and Eldredge talked about arrows piercing our

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    In the "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" sermon by Jonathan Edwards. He is trying to convince people to do God's will and follow his rules. To do this Jonathan edwards uses allusions, similes, and personification to get his point across to the audience. Jonathan Edwards integrates allusions in his writing to give examples in order to get a point across. Also to make a connection to something that is commonly known. For example " You are ten thousand times more abominable in his eyes

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    the Elk Dog” Long Arrow goes on a long journey to find the elk dog. Nobody has ever returned and yet he is not afraid. John, the main character in “By the Waters of Babylon,” takes a trip to the place of the god in search of knowledge and wisdom. Jerry’s journey in “Through the Tunnel” causes him to grow up and mature. In these stories Long Arrow, John, and Jerry learn the importance of the journeys they take to become better people. In “The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog” Long Arrow learns important

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    The Hands of the Angry God,” Jonathan Edwards, uses figurative language and dictation to bring about an emotional reaction from his Puritan audience. He successfully manipulated his audience by the use of imagery. He uses imagery to scare people by explaining what the angry God is fully capable of doing. The images frighten his audience by comparing their sins to the torture that God has put them through. The images show how “Hell has a wipe gaping mouth that is open.” If God does not want you in

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    God of Olympians: Apollo To be a prophet is to see the future with the same intention as God himself while being seen as the one who speaks for Him. Apollo, a God of Olympians, is known as a God of Prophecy. As well as being the God of Prophecy, he was known as the God of Poetry, Archery, Healing, Protection of the Young, and Light. Apollo, also known as Apollon and in another case, Phoebus, is known to be one of the most complex gods. Apollo plays many different roles in Greek Mythology which in

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    has wrote, “O innocent victims of cupid, remember this terse little verse: To let a fool kiss you is stupid, but to let a kiss fool you is worse.” Eros is the God of affection, love and desire. He is the son of the God of war, Mars, and the love goddess, Venus. Eros became better known as Cupid with a bow and arrows during the Greek times. His name changes when he began being painted as a baby cherub and not his original form of a handsome young man with wings.

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    “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”, Edward includes repetition, metaphor, and rhetorical questions to capture his audience’s attention and persuade them to follow the orders of God. Edward includes repetition to emphasize his main point toward his audience. Throughout the sermon he includes the words “wrath” and “hand”. He includes these words to represent what the sinners have to go through, which was “the fire[s] of wrath, that… held over in the hand of.. God” (8). Edward repetively includes

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    Jonathan Edward’s “Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God” was a strong and intense sermon, that was well known in the first Great Awakening. This sermon had a huge impact on many sinner , but was targeted mainly to Edward’s puritans in his congregation. He evoked fear in the sinners, while describing the harsh punishments of not repenting the sins to the mighty God. Edwards emphasize his purpose and beliefs of this forgiveness by using rhetorical strategies such as logos, pathos, ethos, imagery, and

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    in the Hands of an Angry God uses literary elements such as pathos, ethos, or logos to create fear in his audience to help them understand the situation he is trying to explain to them. For example, “ The Arrow is made ready”, this is aimed towards all of those who have sinned, or have not yet accepted christ, telling them the will punish them if they do not accept him and repent soon. This is meant to scare the Audience into accepting christ because no one wants an arrow unexpectedly piercing into

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