Read the statement and then select the essay response approach it uses.
according to stevenson, "success in life" is not achieved by staying quiet and still during downtime. there is no doubt this is true. life is short, and people must take advantage of opportunities to learn new things and enjoy themselves.

a) defend
b) challenge
c) qualify
d) quantify

An argument may be either speech or writing that consists of 3 parts. They are Challenge, Defend and Qualify.

Challenge: It is to disagree with the given opinion against any issues, sayings, and thesis of an author.

Defend: It is the state when the author's opinion is correct in an argument and you're agreeing with him.

Qualify: In this state, you can agree only a few parts of the author's opinion and disagree with some of the other parts in the argument. Qualify can be the combination of Challenge and Defend. In the Essay, the author is defending, since Stevenson agreed that success cannot be achieved by staying quiet. By the phrase in the second line saying he has no doubt in it.