Collections 3: Voices of Protest
Sr. Comp and Lit
Mr. Geis
Thomas Paine: “The Crisis” Essay
Directions: On your own paper, answer the following questions in complete sentences. Use quotes (cited text
references) to prove your beliefs.
1. Lines 1-4: Explain the meaning of “summer soldier”.
2. Lines 4-15: Explain how the Americans are living under tyranny.
3. Lines 26-30: Explain Paine’s “secret opinion” about God.
4. Lines 37-47: Explain why Paine told the “child analogy”.
5. Lines 50-55: Explain the quote: “the coal can never expire”.
6. Lines 56-63: Explain the “personal technique (pg.174), used in this section.
7. Lines 69-75: Choose your favorite quote (line) and explain it.
8. Lines 138-145: Explain what is needed to be successful in the war.
9. Lines 1-15: Give some examples of loaded language.
10. Lines 56-71: Explain the writer’s tone in this section, cite quotes.
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Thomas Paine: “The Crises”
Literary Terms / Vocabulary
Mr. Geis
Critical Vocabulary:
Persuasive Techniques:
Rhetorical Devices:
1. tyranny (170)
1. Appeal to Emotion
1. Parallel structure
2. resolution (170)
2. Loaded Language
2. Analogy
3. calamity (170)
3. Appeal to Ethics
3. Repetition
4. signify (172)
4. Appeal to Association
5. solace (172)
5. Appeal to Authority