Thomas paine wrote the crisis, no. 1 in order to
a. inspire citizen soldiers fighting in the american revolution.
b. incite british action in order to begin the american revolution.
c. provide accounts of revolutionary war battles to american citizens.
d. promote george washington's leadership in the american revolution.

The development of new inventions in the field of space travel seemed rapid. how does the word rapid function in a sentence?

What is the first step in summarizing a plot? restating central ideas and key details eliminating minor or unimportant details connecting ideas with logical transitions identifying important words and phrase

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.