A Review of Sound Devices Emma Jaques Akshat Gokhale Ajaita Saini Alliteration The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words Device 1 ID: 697436
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Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
A Review of
Sound Devices
Emma Jaques,
Akshat Gokhale, Ajaita SainiSlide2
Alliteration - The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.
Device #1Slide3
Alliteration
“That world of misery, that lake of burning Brimstone.” (pg 80)
“and if your strength were
T
en Thousand
T
imes Greater than the strength of the sturdiest devel in hill, it would be nothing to withstand or endure it.” (pg 80,81)
“God’s
h
and
h
as
h
eld you up.” (pg 81)Slide4
Effect of Alliteration on the Reader
Gives emphasis to certain phrases
Keeps reader engaged
Rolls off tongue
For both the reader and the audienceSlide5
Cacophony - A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.
Device #2Slide6
Cacophony
“ If God should only withdraw His hand from the floodgate, it would immediately fly open, and the
fiery floods of the fierceness and wrath of God, would rush forth with inconceivable fury, and would come upon you with omnipotent power; and if your strength were ten thousand times
greater than it is, yea, ten thousand times greater than the strength of the
stoutest, sturdiest devil in hell
, it would be nothing to withstand or endure it.” (pg 80)Slide7
Cacophony (2)
“O sinner! Consider the fearful danger you are in: It is a great furnace of wrath, a wide and bottomless pit, full of the fire of wrath, that you are held over in the hand of that God, whose wrath is provoked and incensed as much against you, as against many of the damned in hell.” (pg 81)Slide8
Effects of Cacophony
Creates a harsh sounding mesh of words
Truly reflects the author/speaker’s meaning
Edwards wants to sound harsh- he does
Sounds like grating chalk on a board
Purposely hard to read to emphasize pointSlide9
Euphony - The quality of being pleasing to the ear, especially through a harmonious combination of words.
Device #3Slide10
Euphony
“...and if God should let you go, you would immediately sink and swiftly descend and plunge into the bottomless gulf, and your healthy constitution, and your own care and prudence, and best contrivance, and all your righteousness,...”(pg 80)Slide11
Euphony (2)
“But indeed these things are nothing; if God should withdraw His hand, they would avail no more to keep you from falling, than the thin air to hold up a person that is suspended in it.” (pg 80)Slide12
Effects of Euphony
Sounds smooth, like silk
Brings reader back from cacophonous statements to sooth them into continuing to listen
A good balance of Cacophony and Euphony draws attention to the meaning of the textSlide13
Assonance - The repetition of the sound of a vowel or diphthong in non-rhyming stressed syllables near enough to each other for the echo to be discernible.”
Device #4Slide14
Assonance
“W
ou
ld c
o
me up
o
n y
ou
...” (pg 80)
“ This use of this awful subject may be for awak
e
ning unconv
e
rted p
e
rsons in this congr
egation…” (pg 80)Slide15
Effects of Assonance on Reader
Creates better flow for the writer
Helps the reader understand the author’s language through similar sounds
Entices the reader to read on in the sermonSlide16
Consonance - The recurrence of similar sounds, especially consonants, in close proximity.
Device #5Slide17
Consonance
“The use of this awful subject may be for awa
k
ening un
c
onverted persons in this
c
ongregation.” (pg 80)
“Your wickedne
ss
make
s
you a
s
it were heavy a
s
lead, and to tend downward with great weight and pressure toward hell;”(pg 80)Slide18
Effect of Consonance on the Reader
Creates flow, like assonance
Creates anticipation
Thus generating interest
Draws attention back to speakerSlide19
Onomatopoeia - The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named.
Device #6Slide20
Onomatopoeia
“You hang by a slender thread, with the flames of divine wrath
flashing
about it,...”(pg. 81)
“If God should only withdraw His hand from the floodgate, it would immediately
f
ly open, and the
f
iery floods of the
f
ierceness and wrath of God, would rush forth with inconceivable
f
ury,…” (pg. 80)Slide21
Effects of Onomatopoeia
Helps the reader understand the author’s language through sounds
In the second quote, the reader can hear the fiery and fierce floods
This also helps the reader visualize and put themselves into the sermon