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Most authors who become particularly well-known have two things in common: they have a recognizable style, and they are able to poignantly convey observations and emotions to their readers.
Charles Dickens gained recognition during his lifetime as the greatest Victorian novelist, and he is revered today as one of the greatest novelists in history. Dickens is known for his detailed description of urban life in London, transmitted to the reader through poetic and, at times, florid prose. His sentences are frequently complex and very long. For example, here are two sentences of description from his serialized novel Little Dorrit, published between 1855 and 1857:
Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick and mortar echoes hideous. Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
Ernest Hemingway is another famous and revered author. He began writing in the 1920s and is known for his minimal style of his prose. He wrote in very short sentences and consciously tried to use as few words as possible to convey an idea. He explained, "My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way."
One story that has circulated about Hemingway claims that he once bet that he could tell an entire story in six words. According to the tale, he wrote:
For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
-From "A Point of Style" by Kimberly Myers
Which of the following are similarities that the text reveals between Charles Dickens and Ernest Hemingway? (choose 2)
Group of answer choices
They both have distinct styles.
They both try to conserve words.
They both have a very flowery writing style.
They both try to accurately convey emotions to the reader.
They both wrote during the same time period.
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Most authors who become particularly well-known have two things in common: they have a recognizable style, and they are able to poignantly convey observations and emotions to their readers.
Charles Dickens gained recognition during his lifetime as the greatest Victorian novelist, and he is revered today as one of the greatest novelists in history. Dickens is known for his detailed description of urban life in London, transmitted to the reader through poetic and, at times, florid prose. His sentences are frequently complex and very long. For example, here are two sentences of description from his serialized novel Little Dorrit, published between 1855 and 1857:
Maddening church bells of all degrees of dissonance, sharp and flat, cracked and clear, fast and slow, made the brick and mortar echoes hideous. Melancholy streets, in a penitential garb of soot, steeped the souls of the people who were condemned to look at them out of windows, in dire despondency.
Ernest Hemingway is another famous and revered author. He began writing in the 1920s and is known for his minimal style of his prose. He wrote in very short sentences and consciously tried to use as few words as possible to convey an idea. He explained, "My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way."
One story that has circulated about Hemingway claims that he once bet that he could tell an entire story in six words. According to the tale, he wrote:
For sale: baby shoes, never worn.
-From "A Point of Style" by Kimberly Myers
Which of the following are similarities that the text reveals between Charles Dickens and Ernest Hemingway? (choose 2)
Group of answer choices
They both have distinct styles.
They both try to conserve words.
They both have a very flowery writing style.
They both try to accurately convey emotions to the reader.
They both wrote during the same time period.