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Thomas Paine
was born in England, in 1737, as the poorly educated son of a corset maker.
During his young adult life he held many different jobs. He worked as a corset maker, grocer, tobacconist, school
teacher
, and later a tax collector.
Paine moved from England to America in
1774, right at the beginning
of
the
American Revolution.
In 1776, he published his most popular
work “Common Sense.” It became the
most important written work in
support of American Independence.
Paine was tried, found guilty, and
banned from his homeland of England
after encouraging citizens to overthrow
the king. Slide3
Paine was one of the greatest writers of the Revolutionary era. He joined General George Washington’s army in New Jersey in December 1776. By then, Washington was a desperate man. As the soldiers prepared, Paine, at Washington’s request, at once began writing the series of essays call “The Crisis.” Their
purpose
was to inspire hope and remind people of what they were fighting for:
FREEDOM. Slide4
QuickWrite
#1 – ½ page
Imagine you are a soldier dressed in ragged clothes. It’s winter; snow and ice surround you. You have a light jacket and are barefoot. You are hungry and huddled in a tent with your fellow soldiers. You have been badly defeated in battle and are considering returning home.
What spoken words would keep you, a desperate soldier, fighting for your independence
. Slide5
Our focus as we read
from
The Crisis Number 1
Annotating
with a purpose: let’s review the handout
“Annotation Domination”
As with all non-fiction we want to read for:
Author’s purpose, claims, counterclaims, and support
Reading rhetorically:
audience analysis, diction (charged words, connotation)
Rhetorical appeals: logos, pathos, ethos
Analysis
:
SOAPSTone
, evidence of enlightenment ideals, summary, analysis