Highlight the words, phrases, and clauses that paine used to appeal to a specific audience. 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; " and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty. —thomas paine, "the crisis," no. 1

Have you ever thought you understood a person based on a story that you have heard about them? have you ever guessed about a person's personal life because of the clothes they wore? or, have you judged a person because of their friends? although classifying people in this way is typically discouraged, authors deliberately use your preconceived ideas to you form an opinion about the character or to at least have a better understanding. can you think of a time that you made a character call about someone based on external aspects? were you correct, or incorrect? has anyone ever made an incorrect assessment of you based on external aspects? write two paragraphs about it in your journal.