What do you notice about the organization and structure of the paragraph? during the last 20 years, some new safety devices have made cars safer. antilock brakes have decreased injuries by about 8 percent. the most important safety device, the seatbelt, has cut injuries caused by accidents by as much as 25 percent. airbags have lessened injuries by about 12 percent. the addition of these safety features has made cars safer. a. nothing is wrong. b. there is no topic sentence. c. the supporting details are not in a clear order. d. the main idea is not expressed in the topic sentence.

paine is arguying that they had tried everything before coming to the conclusion that they needed to fight for their freedom.

argument: "every quiet method for peace hath been ineffectual."

claim 1: "our prayers have been rejected with disdain; and only tended to convince us, that nothing flatters vanity, or confirms obstinacy in kings more than repeated petitioning and nothing hath contributed more than that very measure to make the kings of europe absolute."

claim 2: "wherefore, since nothing but blows will do, for god’s sake, let us come to a final separation, and not leave the next generation to be cutting throats, under the violated unmeaning names of parent and child."