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Which genre of narrative prose is considered the longest today?
Which genre of narrative prose is considered the longest today?
- Novel (correct)
- Novella
- Short story
- Novelette
What is the word length specified by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for a novel?
What is the word length specified by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America for a novel?
- Over 50,000 words
- Exactly 40,000 words
- Less than 40,000 words
- Over 40,000 words (correct)
What is the relationship between a novella and a novel?
What is the relationship between a novella and a novel?
- A novella and a novel have the same length
- There is no relationship between a novella and a novel
- A novella is longer than a novel
- A novella is shorter than a novel (correct)
Why is it difficult to determine the boundary between a novella and a novel?
Why is it difficult to determine the boundary between a novella and a novel?
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What is the consensus on the minimal required length for a novel?
What is the consensus on the minimal required length for a novel?
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Novel and Novella Length
- The longest genre of narrative prose is the novel.
- According to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, a novel is defined as a work of fiction with a word length of 40,000 words or more.
- A novella is generally considered to be a work of fiction with a word count between a novelette (under 15,000 words) and a novel (over 40,000 words).
- The boundary between a novella and a novel is often difficult to determine due to the subjective nature of word count cutoffs.
- There is no consensus on a minimal required length for a novel, but the SFWA definition provides a commonly accepted benchmark.
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