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: 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