Which question relates to using background knowledge to better understand the text? A)What do you think will happen in the text?
B)What is the purpose for reading this text?
C)What do you already know about this topic?
D)What are the important words to know in the text?

Hi, angel!!

The correct answer is C. What do you already know about this topic?

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."