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Expression of Ideas practice question

Early critics dismissed the novel as slight. ____ it is that very lightness, the refusal to explain, that later readers have come to value most.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

  1. A. Ironically,Correct
  2. B. Consequently,
  3. C. For instance,
  4. D. Likewise,

Answer: A. Ironically,

The fault became the virtue.

Why the other answers are wrong

B. Consequently,
Later admiration did not result from the dismissal.
C. For instance,
Not an example.
D. Likewise,
Not a similarity.

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