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Introduction to Early Modern Literature

Question 1 • WCE College Prep English B ACC

Based on "Make it New": Early Modernism, which of these statements most accurately describes modernist writers?

Answer
A
Modernist writers reinvented conventional forms in response to cultural shifts and historical events.
B
Modernist writers utilized traditional forms to express bold and progressive social ideas.
C
Modernist writers used figurative language to express fantastical views that did not reflect the reality of the world around them.
D
Modernist writers created a new literary genre based on the idea that language has more power than visual art.

Explanation

Modernist writers responded to major cultural changes and historical events by experimenting with and reshaping familiar literary forms. This makes A, “Modernist writers reinvented conventional forms in response to cultural shifts and historical events,” the most accurate statement. B emphasizes using traditional forms rather than reinventing them, while C and D describe ideas that do not define modernist writing.

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