Tex Novel

In paragraph 7, Hamid reveals that "Movies have always seemed to me a much tighter form of storytelling than novels, requiring greater compression, and in that sense falling somewhere between the short story and the novel in scale." Which response below analyzes this evidence in a tone and voice appropriate to academic writing?

• A novel can include more stuff, because it can take its time more than a movie.

• This evidence shows that storytelling in movies is similar to storytelling in television.

• This evidence demonstrates that storytelling in movies does not have the same scope that a novel does.

• Movies can include greater scale of storytelling and be larger in scope than novels.

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In paragraphs 7-11, which evidence best supports a response that argues television is more like a novel than a movie because there is more time to develop characters?

• "A novel that takes only three hours to read would be a short novel indeed, and novels that last five times as long are commonplace."

• "Episode after episode, and season after season, a serial drama can uncoil for dozens of hours before reaching its end."

• "films could be well written, but they were smaller than novels."

• "Ask novelists whether they spend more time watching TV or reading fiction and prepare yourself to hear them say the unsayable."

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In paragraphs 7-9, according to the text, a novel is similar to a television series because -

• the writing is consistently excellent for both.

• the storytelling must be concise and compressed in both.

• they both appeal to people who dislike watching movies.

• they both allow for effective character and plot development.

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In paragraph 9, what textual evidence best justifies the claim that television used to be inferior to novels?

• "Films could be well written, but they were smaller than novels."

• "TV was big, but its writing was clunky."

• "The novel had 'Pride and Prejudice'; TV had 'Dynasty.'"

• "But television has made enormous leaps in the last decade or so."

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In paragraphs 5-6, how does Kirsch develop his claim with reasons and evidence?

• He argues that the novel can achieve more than television and uses evidence that compares the way evil is portrayed on television and in literature.

• He argues that "The Portrait of a Lady" would be a better show than The Sopranos and supports this by comparing characters in each.

• He argues that we should be grateful for good TV shows because they are more exciting than novels.

• He argues that television is superior to novels because evil is more effectively portrayed in shows like The Sopranos.

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Kirsch compares Gilbert Osmond to Tony Soprano in paragraph 5 primarily -

• to conclude that Soprano is a more likeable character than Osmond.

• to show a counterexample to his thesis that he then refutes.

• to give clear and concrete evidence to support his argument.

• to refer to a character in a novel that all Americans have read.

In paragraphs 5-6, is the author's comparison successful in supporting his claim?

• Yes, it is successful because Gilbert Osmond and Tony Soprano are similar, even if they are from different media.

• Yes, it is successful because comparing books and TV shows is interesting to people.

• No, it is not successful because TV is not as serious as classic literature by Henry James.

• No, it is not successful because Gilbert Osmond is not familiar to many readers and only older people know what The Sopranos was.