5. C. Process
6. A. Process
7. A. Description
The word that means "an excess" in this excerpt is <u>surplus.</u>
For this item, I will go with the first option, "What is the authors purpose in writing this piece?". This is important to ask in first read of a multi-draft reading process because if we desire to know something about the subject, it is important to note how the reading material would be of help to us and we know that by the purpose of the author.
Ans: It is also talking about how the flash would lay hold on them , but given the fact the flash is not human, as said before, it is a personification. Edwards used it to explain that after death, for most of the congregation, that there was nothing but horror awaiting them bevause they had angeried God.