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Write a well-structured essay in which you discuss how Thomas Paine effectively argues that the colonies have no choice but to fight and that to abandon aspirations of freedom will lead only to enslavement and future war for their children. Discuss Paine's use of rhetorical devices and figures of speech to persuade his audience.

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Answer: Paine uses common rhetorical devices such as personification, strong imagery, and allusions to appeal to his audience. Paine was addressing all of the worn out colonists who were discouraged and weary from fighting (emotionally or physically) the monarchy.

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