prose

Meanings

• noun

  Written or spoken language in the form of coherent and connected discourse or essay.

  - "The novel was written in elegant prose."
  - "He delivered a speech filled with eloquent prose."

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Pronunciation

1. /ˈpɹoʊz/
   
   
   
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Antonyms

poetry , verse

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Variants

List of all variants of prose that leads to same result
prose , proses , prosed , prosing , pro se , prose poem , prose poems , prose poet , prose poets , polyphonic prose , polyphonic proses

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Etymology

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From Latin 'prosa' meaning 'unrhymed, unmetrical verse' or 'plain speech'.

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Trivia

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1. Prose is the primary form of written and spoken communication in most cultures.

2. Prose was used in the ancient world for religious texts, such as the Bible.

3. Prose can be used in various genres, including fiction, non-fiction, and technical writing.

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Related Concepts

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1. Poetry: Prose contrasts with poetry, which uses metrical and rhyming structures.

2. Fiction: Prose is often used in fiction, where it is used to tell a story and develop characters.

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Quotes

Quotes by authors and personalities

1. In my own work I felt a need to hurry from climax as in film montage, or even in Joycean "prose" with its strings of firecracker words …

   - Arthur Miller,{it}Timebends{/it},1987

2. Like many two-person writing teams, this one produces its share of three-legged "prose" and redundancy.

   - James McManus,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},15 Apr. 2001

3. … the esteemed critic James Wood reaches out to assure "the common reader" … that his "prose" is as free as he can make it of what James Joyce termed "the true scholastic stink" of so much academic writing.

   - Walter Kirn,{it}New York Times Book Review{/it},17 Aug. 2008

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Culture

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Prose has been used in various literary works, such as novels, essays, and plays. It is the primary form of written and spoken communication in most cultures.

How to Memorize "prose"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a book filled with coherent and connected sentences.
   - Visualize the words flowing smoothly from one sentence to the next.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'prose' with 'clear communication'.
   - Think of prose as the opposite of poetry.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Remember the phrase 'Prose is the opposite of Poesy'.

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