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Contributor: Linda Price. Lesson ID: 10113
You need to write the title of a book in an essay or article. How do you distinguish between a short story and a novel? You mean there is a difference? Yes, there is, and you will learn it today!
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Many of America's favorite authors wrote short stories with keen insights into American culture that are essential to being well-read.
Read the following text.
Ms. Smith assigned several texts to be read over the holidays. One was "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst. She also wanted us to read The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. She wanted us to compare the two stories, but I didn't know how to begin. I asked my brother John, who was studying literature in college, and he gave me some suggestions.
The titles of short stories are enclosed in "quotation marks," and the titles of novels are italicized.
Look at the following examples.
Short Stories
Novels
That seems simple enough, so continue to the Got It? section for quick practice.
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