Read the excerpt from The Crisis. Number

"Let it be told to the future world, that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive, that the

city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet and to repulse it."

In this excerpt, Paine uses hyperbole to

inspire his readers to persevere,

warn readers of the difficulties ahead,

teach readers how to survive cold weather

describe the sacrifices readers must make,

In this excerpt, Paine uses hyperbole to  inspire his readers to persevere.

Explanation:

Thomas Paine's "The Crisis Number 1", he stressed on the importance of the American people to fight for their independence from Great Britain. He uses numerous figurative languages to lay emphasis on his purpose and aim of the article. He likens the power of the British over the American nation akin to dictatorship.

In the given context of the text, he is seen imploring to the common people and everyone to fight for what is theirs and not be made to be under a foreign power. His use of hyperbole in this speech is an exaggerated claim to the oppression of the British rule on the American people. Using the backdrop of the extreme winter "when nothing but hope and virtue could survive", he implores on the people to "come forth to meet [the common danger] and to repulse it". This hyperbole acts as a source of inspiration for the readers to persevere and keep up the fight for independence.