Revolution its Common Sense
What is persuasion? It means to convince, to induce someone to believe in something. Thomas Paine was truly the king (though he may not favor that analogy) of persuasion. In his work Common Sense Paine does not give anyone else a chance to give their opinion because he will already be convincing them otherwise. With his Classical writing structure Paine is very firm and confident in what he is saying. In every word he is influencing the reader to believe what he does. Using imagery, tone, ethos, pathos, and logos Paine convinces and persuades all who read . Paine is notably angry in various parts of his writing and reasonably so. He is furious about the state in which America is in. The cause of the problems were primarily because of the king of Britain. [D:inform of reason] Paine’s tone is one of the strongest forms of persuasion in this piece of writing by being confident and assertive, while also slightly threatening and pleading. For example, “...she [England] did not …show more content…
Particularly argument ad misericordiam: “As the exalting one man so greatly above the rest cannot be justified on the equal rights of nature, so neither can it be defended on the authority of scripture; for the will of the Almighty, as declared by Gideon and the prophet Samuel, expressly disapproves of government by kings.” (Paine) [E:quote] Here Paine pulls the religious card and affects the viewership via personal religion. During this era a more than majority of the people in America were christian so this would majorly affect the readers personally. [E:statistics] Paine also uses emotional imagery: “We have been wise enough to shut and lock a door against absolute Monarchy, we at the same time have been foolish enough to put the Crown in possession of the key.” (Paine). [E:quote] Paine gives the image of America being smart enough to not have a monarch but are also allowing the rule of Britain over America.
What is persuasion? It means to convince, to induce someone to believe in something. Thomas Paine was truly the king (though he may not favor that analogy) of persuasion. In his work Common Sense Paine does not give anyone else a chance to give their opinion because he will already be convincing them otherwise. With his Classical writing structure Paine is very firm and confident in what he is saying. In every word he is influencing the reader to believe what he does. Using imagery, tone, ethos, pathos, and logos Paine convinces and persuades all who read . Paine is notably angry in various parts of his writing and reasonably so. He is furious about the state in which America is in. The cause of the problems were primarily because of the king of Britain. [D:inform of reason] Paine’s tone is one of the strongest forms of persuasion in this piece of writing by being confident and assertive, while also slightly threatening and pleading. For example, “...she [England] did not …show more content…
Particularly argument ad misericordiam: “As the exalting one man so greatly above the rest cannot be justified on the equal rights of nature, so neither can it be defended on the authority of scripture; for the will of the Almighty, as declared by Gideon and the prophet Samuel, expressly disapproves of government by kings.” (Paine) [E:quote] Here Paine pulls the religious card and affects the viewership via personal religion. During this era a more than majority of the people in America were christian so this would majorly affect the readers personally. [E:statistics] Paine also uses emotional imagery: “We have been wise enough to shut and lock a door against absolute Monarchy, we at the same time have been foolish enough to put the Crown in possession of the key.” (Paine). [E:quote] Paine gives the image of America being smart enough to not have a monarch but are also allowing the rule of Britain over America.