In the following pages i offer nothing more than simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense. thomas paine most clearly begins his argument with what rhetorical strategy? a. parallelism b. emotional language c. a metaphor d. a rhetorical question

A. Parallelism.

Explanation: Parallelism is a literary device, also often used as a rhetorical device, that consists in the repetition of the grammatical structure of words or phrases in sentences or paragraph. In the given sentence by Thomas Paine, we can see a clear example of parallelism, when he lists the element, maintaining the structure of an adjective followed by a noun (simple facts, plain arguments, and common sense).

autobiography of an ex-colored man is told from the first-person point of view of an unnamed male narrator. he starts his tale by stating that he is going to reveal the great secret of his life. he first takes the reader to his childhood in georgia where he was raised by a single mother. he was dissapointed in his own color.

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."