Basic Trope: A chapter is very short, usually only one paragraph.
- Straight: A chapter is one paragraph long.
- Exaggerated:
- A chapter is only one sentence long.
- A chapter is only one word long.
- A chapter is literally empty.
- Downplayed: A chapter is three pages long.
- Justified:
- The chapters are short to give a disconnected feeling when reading the book.
- The chapter is a one-paragraph prologue in order to not spoil the story.
- That Was the Last Entry of the protagonist's diary.
- Inverted: A chapter is over 100 pages long.
- Subverted: The chapter seems to be one paragraph long, until it continues on the next page.
- Double Subverted: The next page also consists of one paragraph.
- Parodied: All the chapters consist of one sentence, except the last one, which is 100 pages.
- Zig Zagged: Every time Alice reads a chapter, it’s ridiculously short. When she assumes the next chapter will be the same way, the chapters become ridiculously long. After she gets used to the chapters being long, they become of normal length. After eventually finishing the book, and passing it to Bob, the lengths of the chapters he reads are inverted to Alice’s.
- Averted: A chapter is of normal length.
- Enforced: The author wants to make sure that the Wham Line has a huge impact.
- Lampshaded: "Why is this chapter so short?"
- Invoked: "Lets make this book have a really short chapter."
- Exploited: The author wants to increase the book's overall chapter count, so they write a really short one.
- Defied: The author makes sure that all chapters are of reasonable length.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: "What was up with that really short chapter?"
- Implied: Alice is asked to read a chapter of a book. After three second of reading, she shouts "I've finished the chapter!"
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