Asked by jk

Read the excerpt from Thomas Paine’s work Common Sense.

O ye that love mankind! Ye that dare oppose, not only the tyranny, but the tyrant, stand forth! Every spot of the old world is overrun with oppression. Freedom hath been hunted round the globe. Asia, and Africa, have long expelled her—Europe regards her like a stranger, and England hath given her warning to depart. O! receive the fugitive, and prepare in time an asylum for mankind.

Which best describes the tone of this excerpt?
emotional and passionate
neutral and indifferent
logical and matter-of-fact
calm and soothing

All Answers 1

Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
emotional and passionate

Paine uses exclamations, rhetorical appeals, and urgent, charged language to stir readers to action, which creates an emotional and passionate tone.