Based on "Make it New": Early Modernism, which of these statements most accurately describes modernist writers? Modernist writers reinvented conventional forms in response to cultural shifts and historical events. Modernist writers utilized traditional forms to express bold and progressive social ideas. Modernist writers used figurative language to express fantastical views that did not reflect the reality of the world around them. Modernist writers created a new literary genre based on the idea that language has more power than visual art.