"What part of speech is reputation" answer- noun
Since Paine’s words are more complex compared to simple phrasing, I don’t think the quote is an aphorism.
I do believe that the quote has a metaphor, since Paine uses the words “link” and “chain” to convey a message of connection/relationship or similarity.
I think that quote also has parallelism because the ending relates to the beginning, and, in a sense, drives home the message of the beginning part.
“Answer”: C. I and II
Please ask questions if you have them. I’m okay at literature. XD
Instead, you could write, “They went and made their favorite foods the the upcoming party.”
If the italicized words are <em>professing themselves to be wise, </em>then this is a participial phrase.
It describes what the pronoun <em>they </em>is doing.
