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In the book Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson, “Youth is the seedtime of good habits, as well in nations as in individuals”-Thomas Paine,Common Sense (Chapter one, page 3). In my own words I believe this quote means that youth is the beginning of all and how your youth is, is how your outcome will be. For example if you have an amazing childhood then you’d be an amazing adult. The author of the quote is Thomas Paine. Thomas Paine was indeed famous for his writings of many of his essays and pamphlets such as, “The Age of Reason,” “Rights of Man,” and his most famous and what he's truly known for, “Common Sense.” His pamphlet Common Sense was his instantly a best seller back in the day. I believe Thomas Paine was writing to the adults who can still
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Rhetoric is used everywhere around the world. in the real world it is used by everyone sometimes to make examples. sometimes to prove a point. also there are times where rhetoric can help you persuade people. in the olden times Thomas Paine and Patrick Henry used rhetoric devices to help the situations they were in.

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Thomas Paine wrote a series of articles known collectively as "The Crisis" to support his argument for independence from England during the Revolutionary War. Thomas Paine 's reasoning for writing this collection of articles is rather sound. The call to arms in this document calls “tens of thousands” to arms to battle Great Britain and their unfair rule over their country. Paine was justified in his writing, the unfair rule of the British government did need to be “called out” sort of speak.

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Paine persuades the colonists by his use of bias words throughout his argument. An example of this is shown on page 237 in the second paragraph when he is refuting the claim that Britain is the parent country and describing the relationship between Britain and the colonies. When he initially starts this paragraph, he uses the word “parent” to describe Britain, which invokes the thoughts of a motherly relationship. He then contrasts this by describing Britain as being lower than a “brute”. When he contrasts the ideas of a person who is warm, loving, and caring to a person who is brutal, insensitive, and crude, he is causing feelings of distrust towards Britain and their sincerity.

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Thomas Paine had many reasons for America 's need to separate from the British Empire, beginning with the fact that Great Britain was taking advantage of America by using America only as a source of new commerce or a new investment, instead of truly caring for the colonies. In addition to taking advantage of America, another reason Paine said to fight Great Britain was because, although they protected America, Great Britain was only fighting for their own investment in the colonies, instead of for the people within the colonies. The colonies were also persuaded by Thomas Paine in "Common Sense" to separate themselves from Great Britain because the only reason the colonies were connected was through the mother country (England), and the colonies

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Everything is Not What it Seems Paul Revere is a well known American hero known for warning the colonists about the British’s arrival. But is he the “hero” that everybody seems to know? When analyzing two texts, you can see the major differences in perspective that people have.

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Freedom Thomas Paine wrote many speeches, articles, and pamphlets, but there is one piece of writing that stands out, his Crisis NO. 1 speech. The main idea of this speech was to convince anyone reading or listening to it to fight Britain and to make the colonies their own country. Thomas Paine is an amazing, because he uses pathos, logos, and ethos very effectively. In this speech he uses pathos the most to convince the colonies to leave Britain.

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Thomas Paine, a local pamphleteer in the pre-Revolutionary War era, wrote a convincing pamphlet to any colonists who were not already supporting the war for independence from Great Britain. In his argument, Paine uses rhetorical strategy, an emotional aspect, and divine revelation towards the citizens to create a very moving, passionate, and convincing call to arms. The first line, “These are the times that tried men 's souls,” is one of relatability and preparedness for the oncoming difficult times. Paine starts his essay off with a refutation of his argument, stating that although he wants this fight, he knows it will be tough. Paine then challenges the men’s bravery and patriotism to their country by stating the line “The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country.”

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If all that was said about Thomas Paine was true, then I don’t see why we don’t recognize him as one of the Founding Fathers. Jefferson, himself, even stated that Paine did as much labor as any other man. The only reason I can think that we as Americans haven’t officially recognized him as a Founding Father is because of all that was said about him. Thomas Paine had a way with words and freely expressed them without a care. In 1794, there is an excerpt on Christianity in the book The Age of Reason that was very harsh.

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Chris Shannon: Mr. Paine, how did you get to America and what was your role in the American Revolution? Thomas Paine: At first, I was an excise officer in England. I was dismissed, though, after writing that a raise in pay would be the only way to end corruption in the field. I was lucky enough to run into Benjamin Franklin while he was in England though, and he told me that I should move to America and gave me some contacts in the colonies, so I could get a job once I moved there (Foner) I arrived in America on November 1774 and went to work for the Pennsylvania Magazine for about a year and a half.

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Do you think Thomas Paine was the one who thought out the common sense. Well he actually didn 't others like John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and Ben franklin also came up with some ideas. The common sense persuaded many to fight for independence. More than 120,000 copies were made even thought it was hard to print because of the treason going on.. Its was a bestseller.

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He further elaborated upon his opinion when he recognized that man “might [have] labour[ed] out the common period of life without [having] acomplish[ed] anything” (“Common Sense” 377). That man was lazy and always has been unless their was some selfish motive for him to strive towards. The

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The next display in our tour is a copy of the Colonial Informer, a newspaper published shortly after the release of Thomas Paine’s pamphlet, “Common Sense”. Paine was prompted to release his opinions towards the governing of the colonies after increased disagreements in Parliament. Paine supported the complete breaking of all political ties with England. His main reasonings behind this were that the British King and government were corrupt and also that the colonies were too geographically far away to be governed correctly by England. His writings caused many colonists to question the governing styles of the King.

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Throughout the excerpts of Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” he makes many compelling points on why America during that time was in the perfect position for independence. In the first paragraph Paine writes about how the economy of the colonies could thrive if they were not under the rule of the Britain. He makes points on how if America was not limited in trade by Britain and the colonies had its own legislative branch the economy would be a lot stronger. In the second paragraph Thomas Paine talks about how in the past if the colonies tried to rebel their military would not have been ready but during the time “Common Sense” was written the American military was ready. Another factor in why Paine supported Colonist independence was because it was

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This essay will be discussing and analyzing the document: Common Sense by Thomas Paine. Thomas Paine was an American founding father and very influential in the the enlightenment movement that started in 1714. Thomas Paine wrote common sense so people would begin thinking and discussing the way the British had been treating the colonies in the recent years. Paine believed that King George and the British parliament were tyrannical and that the colonies should do something about it. Common Sense appealed to many of the colonists because of the plain language Thomas Paine used.

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At some point in our lives, we sat in our history or English class and learned about the Holocaust either in the form of a film or a book, what we knew about the Holocaust was from Anne Frank and there were concentration camps. A book such as “Night” written by Elie Wiesel as an autobiography, is a book that goes into detail about the Holocaust from his perspective and all that he had to endure. Many can agree that it is a graphic book for students to be reading especially in seventh grade, which is what Toni Baker a mother of a 12-year-old who attends advanced English at Indian Trails Middle School. “To me, reading this material is more graphic. Especially because it’s real.

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