Question

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Which parts of this excerpt from “The Art of Public Speaking” by Dale Carnegie indicate that it is written using second-person point of view?
Do not be disheartened if at first you suffer from stage-fright. Dan Patch was more susceptible to suffering than a superannuated dray horse would be. It never hurts a fool to appear before an audience, for his capacity is not a capacity for feeling. A blow that would kill a civilized man soon heals on a savage. The higher we go in the scale of life, the greater is the capacity for suffering.

For one reason or another, some master-speakers never entirely overcome stage-fright, but it will pay you to spare no pains to conquer it. Daniel Webster failed in his first appearance and had to take his seat without finishing his speech because he was nervous. Gladstone was often troubled with self-consciousness in the beginning of an address. Beecher was always perturbed before talking in public.

Answer 1

1) Do not be disheartened if at first you suffer from stage fright.

2) For one good reason or another, some master-speakers never entirely overcome stage-fright, but you spare no pains to conquer it.

Answer 2

The second-person point of view in the excerpt is indicated by direct references to 'you,' suggesting the reader as the subject, as seen in phrasings like 'Do not be disheartened' and 'it will pay you to spare no pains to conquer it.'

Step-by-step explanation:

The parts of the excerpt from “The Art of Public Speaking” by Dale Carnegie that indicate it is written using second-person point of view are: “Do not be disheartened if at first you suffer from stage-fright” and “it will pay you to spare no pains to conquer it”. These sections directly address the reader as “you”, which is a characteristic of the second-person point of view. In contrast to first-person which uses pronouns like “I” and “me”, and third-person which uses pronouns such as “he”, “she”, “they”, or names, the second-person uniquely engages the reader by speaking directly to them with the pronoun “you.”