In the excerpt from common sense, what technique does thomas paine use to argue that the colonies should end an alliance with britain?
a. metaphor and simile.
b. hyperbole.
c. question and answer.
d. 5-paragraph essay model.

Assuming that this is referring to the same excerpt that was posted before with this question, the correct response would be "A. Metaphor and simile," since Paine urges the reader to think about how impractical it is for such as large nation to be ruled over by such a small island nation (Britain). 

The case was a u.s. supreme court decision that defined the scope of the u.s. congress's legislative power and how it relates to the powers of american state legislatures. the dispute in mcculloch involved the legality of the national bank and a tax that the state of maryland imposed on it.