Thomas Paine Crisis No. 1
Title: The Crisis No.1
Author: Thomas Paine
Purpose: To recruit troops
Rhetorical Devices Present
Citation Meaning Type of device E,L or P Fallacy? “These are the times that try men’s souls” | This is where the true test is. | Loaded word | P | No | “The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot” | Fair-weather friend | Metaphor | P | No | “Tyranny like hell” | Showing the evil of the situation | Loaded word | P | No | “Heaven… freedom should not be highly rated” | People are Godless | Moral Superiority | P | No | “What we obtain too cheap, we esteem lightly” | We don’t appreciate it | Logic | L | No | The Tavern in Amboy story | Fight for the future generations | Anecdote | P | No | “Liberty…flame” | We will always desire to fight for liberty | Metaphor | P | No | “Nothing can reach the heart…prejudice” | No way to reach the Tories | Analogy | P | No | “Wisdom is not the purchase of the day, and it is no wonder that we should err at the first setting off” | Wisdom needs to be worked for | Logic | P | No | If someone breaks into your house you are not just going to sit there and watch. | People of America need to defend their home. | Anecdote | P | No | “the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf” | Howe is not going to show mercy even to the loyalist | Metaphor | P | No | “It matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all.” | Everyone is going to be effected by the outcome of this war. | Plain Folk Appeal | P | No
Author: Thomas Paine
Purpose: To recruit troops
Rhetorical Devices Present
Citation Meaning Type of device E,L or P Fallacy? “These are the times that try men’s souls” | This is where the true test is. | Loaded word | P | No | “The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot” | Fair-weather friend | Metaphor | P | No | “Tyranny like hell” | Showing the evil of the situation | Loaded word | P | No | “Heaven… freedom should not be highly rated” | People are Godless | Moral Superiority | P | No | “What we obtain too cheap, we esteem lightly” | We don’t appreciate it | Logic | L | No | The Tavern in Amboy story | Fight for the future generations | Anecdote | P | No | “Liberty…flame” | We will always desire to fight for liberty | Metaphor | P | No | “Nothing can reach the heart…prejudice” | No way to reach the Tories | Analogy | P | No | “Wisdom is not the purchase of the day, and it is no wonder that we should err at the first setting off” | Wisdom needs to be worked for | Logic | P | No | If someone breaks into your house you are not just going to sit there and watch. | People of America need to defend their home. | Anecdote | P | No | “the cunning of the fox is as murderous as the violence of the wolf” | Howe is not going to show mercy even to the loyalist | Metaphor | P | No | “It matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil or the blessing will reach you all.” | Everyone is going to be effected by the outcome of this war. | Plain Folk Appeal | P | No