6. In paragraph 8, Staples use the word thug. List as many synonyms as
you can for this word. Do all these words convey the same idea, or do
they differ in their connotations? Explain.

Yes these

Explanation:

They all mean bad people these are the words ruffian

hoodlum

bully boy

bully

bandit

mugger

gangster

terrorist

gunman

murderer

killer

hitman

assassin

1.) is true

2.) is false

the rhetorical devices that he used in "common sense" are syntax for his sentence structure and pathos for his emotion against the british unfairly treating the "americans" and logos of what documents that what happened to the pilgrims when they had the mayflower compact and how that the british were wanting to have one religion but the compact said for any religion to be accepted.