A fictitious prose narrative of book length, typically representing character and action with some degree of realism.
the literary genre represented or exemplified by novels.
Unclear, confusing. Because the last half doesn't make sense
Answer:
It's a prediction in the plot of the story. Example: "He knew that bad things were to come." This shows that there was a prediction of things to happen.
The crowd, because it identifies a group of people and still sounds like a singular noun.
