Read the excerpt from The Crisis, Number I . "The heart that feels not is dead; the blood of his children will curse his cowardice who shrinks back at a time when a little might have saved the whole and made them happy." What is the purpose of the figurative language in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from The Crisis, Number I . “’Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.” Which best describes the purpose of this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from the The Crisis, Number I . “Not a man lives on the continent but fully believes that a separation must some time or other finally take place.” Which best describes Paine’s use of figurative language in this excerpt?
Read the excerpt from The Crisis, Number I . "Not all the treasures of the world, so far as I believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for I think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me or those that are in it and to 'bind me in all cases whatsoever' to his absolute will, am I to suffer it?" In this excerpt, Paine is attempting to convince readers that they
Which excerpt from The Crisis, Number I contains a simile?
Read the excerpt from The Crisis, Number I . "Not a man lives on the continent but fully believes that a separation must some time or other finally take place, and a generous parent should have said, 'If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace."' Which phrase in the excerpt is an emotional appeal to the reader?
Read the excerpt from The Crisis, Number I . "I am as confident as I am that God governs the world that America will never be happy till she gets clear of foreign dominion. Wars without ceasing will break out till that period arrives, and the continent must in the end be conqueror; for though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal can never expire." Paine uses metaphor to demonstrate that
Read the excerpt from The Crisis, Number I . "Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it." In this excerpt, Paine uses hyperbole to
Read the excerpt from The Crisis, Number I . "My own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light." Paine most likely uses this language to convince his audience that
Read the excerpt from The Crisis, Number I . "I call not upon a few but upon all—not on this state or that state, but on every state—up and help us. . . . Let it be told to the future world that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and repulse it." Paine's purpose in issuing this plea is to
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