Why is Paine's use of aphorisms effective for his purpose and audience? A. His readers had heard his aphorisms before in documents like the
Declaration of Independence.
B. His readers were accustomed to abiding by short statements of
truth from books like Poor Richard's Almanack.
C. Paine's readers were easily swayed by the repetition of similar
phrases and sentence structures.
D. Using similar ideas to stand in for familiar concepts was novel and
engaging for Paine's readers, so it kept their interest.