POSSIBLE POINTS: 7 Which of the following choices accurately describes a strategic stylistic decision that the speaker makes in the first two sentences of the second paragraph (reproduced below)? It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. O Negative words such as "not" and "nor" highlight contradictions in the speaker's argument. Clauses beginning with "who" are used repeatedly to emphasize the contrasting images of the types of men being discussed. O Punctuation marks are varied to highlight the contradictory qualities of the "man who is actually in the arena". O Words highlighting struggle such as "sweat" and "strive" are used to acknowledge that critics of the active life make some valid points. O Exaggerated terms such as "the best" and "the worst" are used ironically to illustrate what critics think of themselves. W 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ne Support | PowerSchool Community | PRIVACY POLICY | Terms of Use USD/CAD +0.61%​