Revolutionary Persuasion Thomas Paine's Influential Rhetoric in Common Sense Purdy, Michael Persuasion Humanities Revolutionary War Thomas Paine Communications Revolution Rhetoric At a pivotal time in early American history, one man was able to influence the hearts and minds of an entire burgeoning nation by way of pen and parchment. His name was Thomas Paine, and his revolutionary pamphlet was titled "Common Sense." This paper provides an in-depth analysis of Thomas Paine's Common Sense pamphlet in regards to persuasive communication and rhetoric and how it ultimately swayed the American colonists toward separation from the tyrannical motherland. IIT Humanities Department, Undergraduate Writing Contest Purdy, Michael 2011-12 2011-12 Article Project deliverable Text Manuscript application/pdf islandora:10247 http://hdl.handle.net/10560/2703 HUM / Humanities Illinois Institute of Technology en In Copyright http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/ Open Access