| prose | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. prose | ordinary writing as distinguished from verse. |
| ~ euphuism | an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology. |
| ~ nonfiction, nonfictional prose | prose writing that is not fictional. |
| ~ interior monologue | a literary genre that presents a fictional character's sequence of thoughts in the form of a monologue. |
| ~ stream of consciousness | a literary genre that reveals a character's thoughts and feeling as they develop by means of a long soliloquy. |
| ~ prose poem | prose that resembles poetry. |
| ~ polyphonic prose | a rhythmical prose employing the poetic devices of alliteration and assonance. |
| ~ literary genre, writing style, genre | a style of expressing yourself in writing. |
| n. (communication) | 2. prose | matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression. |
| ~ expressive style, style | a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period.; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper" |
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