As a literary critic, Johnson disliked literature _____.
Your answer would be "with elaborate poetic diction".
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The correct answer is "C".
Samuel Johnson was an English Writer who lived in the mid 18th century. He made important contributions to English Literature as a poet and playwriter. Johnson was critical of the use of excessively decorative language, as he considered it to be archaic and largely impractical for the common reader.
