Read the excerpt from Montaigne's "To the Reader" and answer the question.
Had my intention been to seek the world's favour, I should surely have adorned myself with borrowed beauties: I desire therein to be viewed as I appear in mine own genuine, simple, and ordinary manner, without study and artifice: for it is myself I paint. The metaphor implied in these lines suggests to readers that they will find Montaigne's writing style _____.
scholarly
irreverent
thoughtful
unadorned

"To the Reader" by Michel de Montaigne is an introductory letter where the author communicate that he is looking to present an honest book, without looking for fame or glory. In order to do so, the author decides to use an unadorned writing style, using an honest, everyday speech without using embellishments. The readers could figure out that Montaigne is going to use an unadorned style of writing it in his book when he stated his desire to be viewed in a "genuine, simple, and ordinary manner".