The tone in this passage is very formal and D) Professional, because it uses the words like benevolent and Congress, and Government.
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D - 'Like a house that a child might have constructed from cards' is the best option to indicate what the word 'ramshackle' means.
Ramshackle means something in severe disrepair (example: an old, rusty car is a ramshackle car or this house). A house that a child constructed from cards is also thought to be not sturdy and in need of repair when it comes down.
The theme of the story is to always be grateful for what you have.
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Clerihew is the answer i think
The answer in which Paine used the phrases "precariousness of human affairs," "while we have it in our power," and "time and chance" is B.
to evoke in colonists the need for urgency in their quest for independence. This is to represent their want for freedom against the colonizers in that time.
