Questions 11-20. Read the following passage from Thomas Paine’s The Crisis (1776) carefully before you choose your answers. Whic
h of the following excerpts contains loaded words designed to create a negative impression?
Select one:
a. “I thank God that I fear not. I see no real cause for fear.”
b. “My own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light.”
c. “The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country . . .”
d. “A single successful battle next year will settle the whole.”
Select one:
a. “I thank God that I fear not. I see no real cause for fear.”
b. “My own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light.”
c. “The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country . . .”
d. “A single successful battle next year will settle the whole.”
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