Because of the author’s resistance to giving us a straightforward crime story, and despite a vivid and comic prose style that convinces us that the narrator really is an awkward, sweet-natured adolescent boy, the novel has a problem with pace and focus.A
Because of the author’s resistance to giving us a straightforward crime story, and despite a vivid and comic prose style that convinces us that the narrator really is an awkward, sweet-natured adolescent boy, the novel has a problem with pace and focus. -->
correctB
Because of the author’s resistance to giving us a straightforward crime story,
despite a vivid and comic prose style that convinces us that the narrator really is an awkward, sweet-natured adolescent boy,
hence the novel has a problem with pace and focus. --> All dependent clauses
C
Because of the author’s resistance to giving us a straightforward crime story, and
despite a vivid and comic prose style that convinces us that the narrator really is an awkward, sweet-natured adolescent boy,
so the novel has a problem with pace and focus. --> no need of
because of &
so together
D
Because
the author’s resistance to giving us a straightforward crime story, and despite a vivid and comic prose style that convinces us that the narrator really is an awkward, sweet-natured adolescent boy, the novel has a problem with pace and focus. --> no verb in the because clause
E
Because of the author’s resistance to giving us a straightforward crime story, and despite a vivid and comic prose style
convinces us that the narrator really is an awkward, sweet-natured adolescent boy, the novel has a problem with pace and focus. --> "Because of <noun>" & sentence with "convinces" can't be parallel