[The exhilaration) was usually followed by more of the same hot walking, with the mud
sucking at our boots and the sun thudding
against our helmets while an invisible enemy
shot at us from distant tree lines. ... Weeks
of bottled-up tensions would be released in a
few minutes of ... violence, men screaming
and shouting obscenities above the
explosions of grenades and the rapid, rippling
bursts of automatic rifles.
-A Rumor of War, Philip Caputo
One inference the reader can make based on this
passage is that warfare in Vietnam was
characterized by
O constant, violent action and emotional
Outbursts,
O monotony and endless boredom.
O a lot of walking and short, intense conflicts,
successful battles that encouraged American
troops.
DONE

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."

what are the phrases to choose from?

noun : part of speech

verb : variation