Question

Read the passage.

Novels, poetry, and drama are all parts of literature. These genres of writing often reveal important insights about human nature as well as protest injustices in the world or make social criticisms. The authors of literary pieces use characters, settings, and plot to analyze themes such as love, maturity, and death.

The author’s use of vocabulary in this passage helps to ______
literature.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

The vocabulary used is more technical in nature than it is just simple statements used to define the nature of literature in simple terms.

I would put the purpose of literature in the blank. The other answerer is also correct.

Given the choices, I'd pick (very hesitantly) criticism of the elements of. The description really shows what tools are used to say how good or bad literature is and what makes it good or bad. They are the tools of the literary critic.