Answer: BRAINLIEST
Explanation:
Thomas Paine uses simile to describe General Howe’s military tactics in lines 99-101. Paine writes, “He is opening the campaign like a coward, and shutting it up like a culprit” 1. The use of the word “like” in this sentence indicates that Paine is making a comparison between General Howe’s actions and those of a coward and a culprit. This comparison is an example of a simile, which is a figure of speech that compares two things using the words “like” or “as”