Read the excerpt from common sense. “to talk of friendship with those in whom our reason forbids us to have faith . . is madness and folly.” paine uses the words “madness and folly” to emphasize that the colonists are not allowed to have a positive relationship with britain. must continue to try to build a relationship with the king. are unwise in attempting to achieve a positive relationship with britain. must be careful in their dealings with the king because he has gone mad.

What is the cause of romeos despair?

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.

Let freedom ring from the snow capped rockies of colorado what is the rhetorical device? a. imagery b. simile c. anaphor d oxymoron