In his revolutionary-era pamphlet common sense, thomas paine uses phrases "tis not the affair" and "tis not the concern" to illustrate the importance of separating from great britian. this is an example of which rhetorical technique?

Repetition

Explanation:

 These phrases used by Thomas Paine in his pamphlet Common Sense with the words "Tis not" in each of them show a example of a figure of speech called Repetition.  This is a literay or rethotical devise used by writers who want to put emphasis  of some words or phrases in the text, or to make an idea clearer by repeating them.

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