What does this passage reveal about the cultural environment

What language device is used in the highlighted text?

Which sources would be most appropriate for an essay that focuses on how technology has affected the development of english? check all that apply. an anthology of old and middle english literature u "colonialism and the influence of french on english" the effects of the printing press on language "how computers are changing the way we speak, write, and think" influential writers of the eighteenth century "lol: the influence of text messaging on spoken english"

Which statement best describes thomas paines usesof evidence in the passage the crisis no. 1?