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Essay Topic 1

Explain how Edwards uses images to create fear in his listener.

Essay Topic 2

Explain how Edwards uses metaphor to make abstract ideas more concrete for his listener.

Essay Topic 3

Explain how the structure of the Awakening sermon creates a sense of approaching doom in Edwards' audience. How does the sermon gradually bring its "action" closer and closer to the audience?

Essay Topic 4

Choose a hymn by Isaac Watts (his work is available on Project Gutenberg, online). Write an essay that explains how this hymn represents the ideas of the Great Awakening.

Essay Topic 5

Choose a poem by Phillis Wheatley (her work is widely available online.) Explain how the poem exemplifies the ideas of the Great Awakening.

Essay Topic 6

The Great Awakening is considered to be the birth of American Evangelical Christianity. Explain what Evangelical Christianity is and discuss how its key tenets can be traced to...

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