would best explain your behavior if, as you are reading this question, you can not think of the correct term and you say to yourself, "I can't believe I forgot this," when in reality you never knew the answer in the first place.
a. Interferenceb. Decayc. Retrieval failured. Pseudoforgetting

c. Retrieval failure

Explanation:

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."

they used personification to make the truck seem mean and violent.

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