All of the following are elements of a strong answer. Check any elements you also included in
your analysis.
The purpose was to persuade.
The language contains an example of
metaphor.
Paine speaks directly to his audience.
Paine's rhetoric persuaded colonists to
support independence to prevent future
oppression.

this doesnt make any sense imao

onto a large boat, and mark the water level that the boat sinks to. then, take the elephant out and put a bunch of marked weights onto the boat until it reaches the same water level. add up the masses of the weights to get the weight of the elephant.

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removing american indians from the south is for their own good.