Which of these is key to determining the author's message?
picking out main ideas
knowing the traits of the genre you are reading
both of these
neither of these

Both because if you know the genre then it would help you find the message and picking out the main ideas also help

Explanation:

oh i didn't know thx for tell me hallelujah

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."