Question

Apart from its length, what else makes a short story different from a novel?
A. A short story can employ first-person point of view; a novel, because of its complexity, cannot.
B. A short story normally does not have a complicated plot; a novel can have a complicated plot.
C. A short story does not have the five phases in a plot diagram; only a novel does.
D. A short story’s characters face many small conflicts; a novel's characters deal only with large conflicts.

Answer 1

@Keigh2015

Answer 2

@Elsa213

Answer 3

which do you think?

Answer 4

D, im not sure

Answer 5

I think so too @misssunshinexxoxo is d correct?

Answer 6

Novels are long, usually with multiple chapters. Short stories are just that--short. They can be anywhere from 54 words, to 20 pages, to longer, but a novel is significantly longer.

Novels, because they are longer, have the time to create more characters, multiple important events, and to go into more in-depth characterization. Short stories are usually more focused, centering on one major conflict, or relaying a large amount of time in a more distant and summarized manner.

Answer 7

Ok, most of the time short stories are written in first person and on the other hand most of all novels are third

Answer 8

A and D seem good choices

Answer 9

At a literary perspective, seems like A makes more sense to me.

Answer 10

thanks for the help @misssunshinexxoxo

Answer 11

I got B for the answer because in a short story the timeline isn't long enough to have a complicated plot. I have read many novels that use first person point of view, so A isn't the best choice and neither is C or D. All books have some form of the 5 phase plot diagram and in both novels and short stories the characters can be faced with large or small conflicts.

Answer 12

thank you, great explanation @marihelenh

Answer 13

thanks for answering (: @Keigh2015

Answer 14

B was the right answer