Name _________________________________________
Am. Lit.
Hr. ______________________ Date _______________
E. Stevens
from The Crisis, No. 1 Thomas Paine
IDENTIFYING APPEALS TO EMOTION AND LOGIC As you read “The Crisis,”
watch especially for two literary techniques—an analogy that compares King
George III to a thief and an anecdote about a tavern keeper and his child. Use the
chart below to list clues that identify each example as an appeal to reason or an
appeal to emotion.
AFTER YOU READ While reading, you listed clues that identify two examples
from Paine’s essay as appeals to reason or emotion. Review your chart. In three
sentences, explain how each example works individually. Then explain how they
work together. Continue your answer on your own paper if you need to.
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