Question

Which pair of sentences best compares the two excerpts?

Answer 1

Answer:

Thomas Paine's purpose is to persuade his audience to persist in their course of action.

Patrick Henry's purpose is to exhort his audience to follow a new course of action.

Explanation:

Thomas Paine and Patrick Henry are two of the American founding fathers because of their role during the American Revolution.

Thomas Paine is famous for his writings that heavily influenced the start of the American Revolution, this excerpt is part of the American Crisis pamphlet, which he wrote during the American Revolution to encourage the colonies to go through the rough path that would lead to independence from Britain and that although it was not going to be easy it was going to be worth it, and that God entitled all men to equal rights and freedom, therefor, Britain was violating the American colonies' rights.

On the other hand, Patrick Henry was famous for his speeches about liberty and in 1775 during the Second Virginia Convention, Patrick Henry gave his famous speech Give me liberty or give me death to convince his audience (the Congress) that keeping peace with Britain was not going to solve anything, and that immediate action was needed. Patrick Henry inspired Americans and settled the importance of liberty among all things using anecdotal evidence, which refers to past events and their pointless results.

Answer 2

The sentence that best compares the two excerpts is this: THOMAS PAINE'S PURPOSE IS TO PERSUADE HIS AUDIENCE TO ABANDON THEIR COURSE OF ACTION. PATRICK HENRY'S PURPOSE IS TO EXHORT HIS AUDIENCE TO PERSIST IN THEIR COURSE OF ACTION.

In excerpt one, it can be seen that, Paine is appealing to the colonists not to go into battle with the British, telling them it is not easy to conquer the British [Tyranny, like hell is not easily conquered}. In excerpt two, Patrick Henry made it obvious that, all that can possibly be done to appeal to the Britain government concerning the welfare of the colonists has been done but all have been unsuccessful. Patrick believed that the only option that remain for the colonists is to fight in order to set themselves free and this course of action he firmly encouraged the colonists to pursue.