It is distressing to see an enemy advancing into a country, but it is the only place in which we can beat them, and in which we have always beaten them, whenever they made the attempt. the nearer any disease approaches to a crisis, the nearer it is to a cure. danger and deliverance make their advances together, and it is only the last push, in which one or the other takes the lead.
in the excerpt, how does the use of figurative language in the crisis number iv excerpt support paine's message?
a. the figurative language readers visualize life during wartime for the colonists.
b. the figurative language readers understand that fighting for freedom is an urgent matter.
c. the figurative language readers understand the psychological effects of war on the colonists.
d. the figurative language readers visualize the battles of the revolutionary war.

Read the following claim. people likely will continue making new year's resolutions despite often being unable to follow through on them. which selection from the article provides the best support for this statement?

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