Directions: Respond to the e-mail as if you are Martha Simon. Say ONE time you are available and ask TWO questions. Dear Ms. Simon:

I work for Small Business Magazine. I am writing an article about small-business owners in your city, and I would like to interview you for the article. Would you be available to meet with me sometime next week?

Thank you,
Steven Appleby

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Explanation:

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."

the answer is a

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