Although novels and poems are considered distinct literary forms, many authors have created hybrid works that incorporate elements of both. Bernardine Evaristo’s The Emperor’s Babe, _____is a verse novel, a book-length narrative complete with characters and a plot but conveyed in short, crisp lines of poetry rather than prose.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
Explanation
Context: The passage notes that many authors have produced hybrid works combining novel and poem. The blank sits in the sentence describing Bernardine Evaristo's The Emperor's Babe as a verse novel, a book-length narrative told in short lines of poetry.
Answer: D) for example,
Why? The Emperor's Babe is one instance of the hybrid works just described, pairing a novel's characters and plot with poetry's line structure. "For example" is the transition that introduces an illustration of a general claim.
Traps:
- A) "by contrast," opposes the general statement, but this book illustrates the blending of forms rather than departing from it.
- B) "consequently," treats the book as a result of the general trend; its existence is an example of that trend, not an effect produced by it.
- C) "secondly," marks a second item in a sequence, and no first example has been offered.