Rhetorical Devices In Thomas Paine's The Crisis

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In “The Crisis” by Thomas Paine, he used rhetorical devices to relate to his overall purpose. Thomas’s purpose for writing this speech was to motivate the troops/colonists to renew their commitment to the war effort. Paine used metaphors, which are the comparison of two unlike terms without using like or as, to persuade the troops to keep moving forward. Leading up to his metaphor, Paine mentioned that Americans would never be satisfied until they were independent from Great Britain. Thomas then goes on to say, “Wars, without ceasing, will break out until that period arrives, and the Continent must in the end be conqueror; for, though the flame of liberty may sometimes cease to shine, the coal never can expire.” Paine started off by saying
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