what is prose?? explain the various types of prose
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Examples/kinds of prose include novels, short stories, essays, letters, editorials, articles, and journals.
Characteristics of prose can be broken into four categories, divided by purpose:
1. Narrative: writing which tells a story (can be fiction or non-fiction); usually told in chronological order; has characters; follows the basic plot-line - exposition, rising action, climax, falling action.
2. Expository: gives basic information; used often in speeches and essays; does not tell a story or argue.
3. Descriptive: describes something in detail, again without telling a story or arguing a point; used most often in combination with another mode of writing, but alone is often found in scientific or medical reports.
4. Persuasive: argues a point (or two sides of a question); gives evidence in favor or against.
To explain prose as simply as possible, it covers anything written that is NOT poetry - basically.
Prose is a form of language that exhibits a grammatical structure and a natural flow of speech, rather than a rhythmic structure as in traditional poetry. Where the common unit of verse is based on meter or rhyme, the common unit of prose is purely grammatical, such as a sentence or paragraph.Narrative: writing which tells a story (can be fiction or non-fiction); usually told in chronological order; has characters; follows the basic plot-line - exposition, rising action, climax, falling action.
Expository: gives basic information; used often in speeches and essays; does not tell a story or argue.
Descriptive: describes something in detail, again without telling a story or arguing a point; used most often in combination with another mode of writing, but alone is often found in scientific or medical reports.
Persuasive: argues a point (or two sides of a question); gives evidence in favor or against.