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Chapters 6 and 8
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| summary | a brief condensation of plot |
| theme | main idea or larger meaning, a message or moral, central and unifying insight or viewpoint |
| novel | an extended work of fictional prose narrative |
| novella | longer than a short story, but shorter than a novel |
| romance | exotic adventure, surprise and wish fulfillment |
| historical fiction | a type of fiction in which the narrative is set in another time and place |
| nonfiction novel | action or events presented as a novel using techniques of fiction |
| picaresque | a narrative that presents a life of a scoundrel |
| epistolary novel | novel where story is told in letters |
| bildungsroman | youth who struggles to reach maturity |