Question

Which two preachers are cited as exemplars of the clipped prose style?

• A. Milton and Bunyan
• B. Donne and Lancelot Andrewes
• C. Chaucer and Langland
• D. Wordsworth and Coleridge

Answer 1

Answer:

B. Donne and Lancelot Andrewes

• Both used compact, fragmented expression.

• Sermons were stylistically innovative.

• Expressive of tension and energy.