Answer:
1. Topic.
2. Main idea.
3. All three? I don't understand what you were trying to say in the question. If you meant what to do to look for the main idea of a text, all of the above should be correct.
Explanation:
Could have forgotten because it's talking about a subject being "you"
The choices for the above question are:
a. suggest that the relationship between Britain and America cannot be severed.
b. exaggerate the colonists’ claims of injustice against Britain.
c. emphasize that harmony between Britain and America is not possible.
d. describe Britain’s cruel treatment of the colonists
In this excerpt, Paine uses figurative language to emphasize that harmony between Britain and America is not possible. The answer to your question is C. I hope that this is the answer that you were looking for and it has helped you.