Question

ASAP PLEASE!!! Read the following excerpt from Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” and answer the question that follows:

“But Britain is the parent country, say some. Then the more shame upon her conduct. Even brutes do not devour their young, nor savages make war upon their families. Wherefore, the assertion, if true, turns to her reproach; but it happens not to be true, or only partly so, and the phrase PARENT OR MOTHER COUNTRY hath been jesuitically adopted by the King and his parasites, with a low papistical design of gaining an unfair bias on the credulous weakness of our minds. Europe, and not England, is the parent country of America. This new World hath been the asylum for the persecuted lovers of civil and religious liberty from EVERY PART of Europe.”

The line “But Britain is the parent country, say some.” shows an example of what?
A. Logos
B. Pathos
C. Ethos
D. Precedent

Answer 1

Answer:

precedent is the correct answer

Answer 2

The line “But Britain is the parent country, say some.” shows an example of a Precedent in the sentence.

What is a precedent?

An example taken from an earlier event or action that is considered in future similar circumstances that take place is known as a precedent.

The above passage is taken from 'Common Sense' by Thomas Paine, which describes the facts regarding Britain being a parent country for many European nations.

Use of precedent is seen in the first line of the excerpt given above that establishes a fact that Britain is a parent country.

Hence, option D states about the use of 'precedent'.

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