The following qualities and/or content will be found in any epic. heroic deeds, narration, extensive length ancient history, oral form, commonplace deeds narration, logic, mythology extensive length, ordered directions, heroic deeds

often a noun phrase is just a noun or a pronoun:

people like to have money.

i am tired.

it is getting late.

answer: common sense was the pamphlet that thomas paine used to convince reluctant americans to abandon the goal of reconciling with britain and to accept that independence was the only option to preserve their liberty.