Question

Excerpt from The Truth About Diaries
Marie Devers



The truth is that my Diary’s like a novel from the store5
where I’m the leading lady whom the characters adore.6
In line 5 the word novel means

A) book.
B) comic.
C) movie.
D) new.

Answer 1

Answer: A) book.

Explanation:

We can conclude that the author is referring to a book when saying "novel", because:

• "novel" is a kind of a book

• the location where the novel can be found indicates that it is a book ("the store")

• words "comic" and "novel" are not interchangeable; the comic is a periodical which includes strips/cartoons, while the synonym for comic is comic paper/cartoon paper

• words "movie" and "novel" have completely different meaning
• as an adjective, word "novel" does mean "new", but in this context, it is not used as an adjective