Answer:
1. ...if God should only withdraw his hand from the<em> floodgate, it would immediately fly open, and the fiery floods of the fierceness</em><em> </em>and wrath of God would rush forth with inconceivable fury...
2. ...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...
Explanation:
Alliteration refers to the use of a particular letter of the alphabet in a string of words in a phrase. Jonathan Edwards who was a remarkable preacher at his time made extensive use of this figure of speech in his work, <em>Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God</em> to make important points which he wanted the reader to remember.
Alliteration is seen in the first phrase above where he explained that it was as a result of God's mercy that humans have not faced his fiery wrath. Letter<em> f</em> was used. In the second phrase, he explained that the strength of humans could not be matched with that of the least devil in hell. The <em>s</em> letter was used for alliteration.
I think that the question is looking for a synonym of one word in the sentence.
and the answer would be:
1.the decorations were reminiscent (=reminding) of autumn leaves.
2.No buildings still stood at the epicenter=
- point on earth directly above an earthquake.
3.The puppy
wrested (pulled) the squeaky toy from under the couch.
4.Luis angled the car obliquely into the parking spot and
passed his drivers license test
Here the best answer is "indirectly" since it's one of the meanings of the word "obliquely.
Your answer would be A. Lily stood on the stage in stunned disbelief as applause filled the auditorium. Her mother’s sparkling eyes in the first row beamed up at her with pride. Lily knew then that she had aced the audition, and she let her shoulders slump a bit in relief. Her mother winked at her and laughed when Lily winked back.
