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Select the best description for the statement: He excelled at most sports, but for some reason basketball was his Achilles' heel.

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would say positive tone, allusion because it mentions that he excelled at most sports (positive tone), and then it alludes to Achilles' heel
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The heel was the only weak spot on the man Achilles. So today, we call our weaknesses the Achilles heel. Basketball was his weak spot, or the sport he was not good atz
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