The novel's prose is praised for its ________, or the pleasing exactness of its phrasing.

The novel's prose is praised for its ________, or the pleasing exactness of its phrasing.

• A. Specious
• B. Felicity
• C. Immutable
• D. Proclivity

Answer: (B)

Felicity—the pleasing, exact expression of ideas in language. When a novel’s prose is praised for its felicity, it means the author uses words with striking precision and grace, choosing each phrase so it fits its meaning perfectly and sounds right when read aloud. The effect is fluent, satisfying prose where wording feels natural yet carefully crafted. The other options don’t fit because specious refers to something that seems true but is misleading, which is about argument rather than phrasing; immutable means unchangeable, unrelated to style; proclivity means a tendency or habit, not the art of wording. So the phrase points to felicity as the right term.

Felicity—the pleasing, exact expression of ideas in language. When a novel’s prose is praised for its felicity, it means the author uses words with striking precision and grace, choosing each phrase so it fits its meaning perfectly and sounds right when read aloud. The effect is fluent, satisfying prose where wording feels natural yet carefully crafted. The other options don’t fit because specious refers to something that seems true but is misleading, which is about argument rather than phrasing; immutable means unchangeable, unrelated to style; proclivity means a tendency or habit, not the art of wording. So the phrase points to felicity as the right term.