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Renaissance Arts, Literature, and Science

Question 7 • Social Studies 8 - LIU Summer

How did Dante Alighieri change Renaissance literature?

Answer
A
He used everyday language.
B
He introduced thousands of new words.
C
He wrote some of the first religious poetry.
D
He wrote some of the greatest plays in English.

Explanation

Dante helped shape Italian literature by writing The Divine Comedy in the vernacular—the everyday language people spoke—rather than in Latin. This made literature more accessible to ordinary readers and influenced later writers. Choice A, “He used everyday language,” is correct; he did not write great English plays, which are associated with later writers such as Shakespeare.

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