The first printing sold out in two weeks and over 150,000 copies were sold throughout America and Europe. He is credited with turning the tide of public opinion at a crucial juncture, convincing many Americans that war for independence was the only option to take, and they had to take it now, or else.Ĭommon Sense appeared as a pamphlet for sale in Philadelphia on January 10, 1776, and, as we say today, it went viral. Thomas Paine was a firebrand, and his most influential essay - Common Sense - was a fevered no-holds-barred call for independence. But the portrait and the prose belie the reality. And to us his famous essays are awash in powdered-wig prose. To us, he projects the typical figure of a “Founding Father” - composed, elite, and empowered. Text analysis and close reading questions.Text analysis and close reading questions with answer key.The student’s version, an interactive worksheet that can be e-mailed, contains all of the above except the responses to the close reading questions. The teacher’s guide includes a background note, the text analysis with responses to the close reading questions, access to the interactive exercises, and a follow-up assignment.
This lesson is divided into two parts, both accessible below. (Note that part of Excerpt #3 is a Common Core exemplar text.) Proceed to the close reading of three excerpts in the Text Analysis below.
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10-19 and 25-29 in the full text provided with this lesson).
What impression of Common Sense do the quotes provide? What questions do they prompt? Then guide students as they read (perhaps aloud) Section III of Common Sense and the Appendix to the Third Edition (pp. To begin, they could skim the full text and read the pull-quotes (separated quotes in large bold text). Lead students through an initial overview of the essay (see Background). Not a dumbed-down rant for the masses, as often described, Common Sense is a masterful piece of argument and rhetoric that proved the power of words.Ĭompare Paine’s message and rhetoric in 1776 with that of a moderate Patriot in 1768. It took a hard jolt to move Americans from professed loyalty to declared rebellion, and it came in large part from Thomas Paine’s Common Sense. They weren’t fighting for self-defense, or protection of their property, or to force Britain to the negotiating table. Yet few dared voice what most knew was true - they were no longer fighting for their rights as British subjects. Their soldiers had captured Fort Ticonderoga, besieged Boston, fortified New York City, and invaded Canada. How did Thomas Paine’s pamphlet Common Sense convince reluctant Americans to abandon the goal of reconciliation with Britain and accept that separation from Britain - independence - was the only option for preserving their liberty? Understandingīy January 1776, the American colonies were in open rebellion against Britain. Text Analysis & Close Reading Questions.
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