She kept her distance from the printed word of english, but she lavished attention on her lodge newspaper which came once a month, written in the quaint nineteenth century czech she and her generation had brought to america before the turn of the century. like a wedding cake saved from the feast, this language, over the years, had become a fossil, still recognized but no longer something to be put in the mouth. in the excerpt above, what is explicitly stated? - the author thought the newspaper was fossil. - grandmother lavished attention on her granddaughter.- the author has been to czechoslovakia.- the newspaper was written in 1800's style czech.

The author thought the newspaper was a fossil.

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."

the characters are fiction but they are based off of people that were reaky in that situation