<span>The sentence which best describes Paine's claim in the excerpt is God would defend the American colonists' fight because their cause was upright. In the beginning of the excerpt, the author says he believes that God is fair and will never give up his loyal people. The last lines point out that God knows what justice is, so there is no way to help such murderers as Britain because they did not even deserved it.</span>
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable
Examples of Metaphor from Famous People "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Pablo Picasso "Conscience is a man's compass." - Vincent Van Gogh "Chaos is a friend of mine." - Bob Dylan " All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree." - Albert Einstein
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The most common types of Sonnets are:
~ Italian
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~ Shakespearian
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