The Crisis, No. 1 Select the correct answer
Which statement best describes Thomas Paine's use of evidence in the passage?

by Thomas Paine (excerpt)
As I was with the troops at Fort Lee, and marched with them to
the edge of Pennsylvania, I am well acquainted with many
circumstances which those who live at a distance know but
little or nothing of Our situation there was exceedingly
cramped the place being a narrow neck of land between the
North River and the Hackensack Our force was inconsiderable,
being not one fourth so great as Howe could bring against us.
We had no army at hand to have relieved the garrison, had we
shut ourselves up and stood on our defence. Our ammunition
light artillery, and the best part of our stores, had been
removed... I shall not now attempt to give all the particulars of our retreat
to the Delaware: suffice it for the present to say that both
officers and men though greatly harassed and fatigued.
frequently without rest, covering or provision, the inevitable
consequences of a long retreat, bore it with a manly and
martial spirit
A. Paine used empirical evidence to support the claim that the Continental Army had performed creditably
B. Pains used empirical evidence to support his claim that Howe’s Army decisively defeated the Continental Army
C. Paine used anecdotal evidence to support his claim that the Continental Army had performed credibility
D. Paine used anecdotal evidence to support his claim that Howe’s Army had decisively defeated the Continental Army

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds, in which the crowd begins to disperse just before the first martian exits the cylinder.when i returned to the common the sun was setting. scattered groups were hurrying from the direction of woking, and one or two persons were returning. the crowd about the pit had increased, and stood out black against the lemon yellow of the sky—a couple of hundred people, perhaps. there were raised voices, and some sort of struggle appeared to be going on about the pit. strange imaginings passed through my mind. as i drew nearer i heard stent's voice: "keep back! keep back! "a boy came running towards me."it's a-movin'," he said to me as he passed; 'a-screwin' and a-screwin' out. i don't like it. i'm a-goin' 'ome, i am."what options accurately depict the impact of the boy's words on pacing within the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe setting is in england, so the boy's words provide the reader with the dialect of the area. even though that slows down the plot, the boy's words contain important information.the plot's forward movement is slow at the beginning of the excerpt because there is little action. the boy's words increase the tension and counteract that lag.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.the narrator is not close enough to see clearly into the pit, so the boy's words provide the narrator with the information he needs, which moves the plot forward.wrong? the boy's words serve to speed up the pacing of the plot because, as he is talking to the narrator, he is running past him to get away.