eloquent prose
Beautifully crafted sentences
Eloquent prose is writing marked by grace, clarity, and persuasive power—language that moves readers through careful word choice and fluid construction rather than mere correctness.
The phrase typically describes nonfiction: essays, speeches, literary criticism.
Her eloquent prose made even tax policy compelling.
Eloquent prose suggests artistry without the license of poetry.
- pathosPity-evoking quality
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- metaphorImplied identity comparison
- coherenceLogical internal consistency
- perspicuityPlainness of expression
simile · cadence · poignancy · novel · diction · articulation · written word · memoir · assonance · precision · lucidity · parallelism · lyricism · manifesto · rhythm · speech · treatise · argumentation
- rhetoricrhetoric, persuasion, oratory, argumentation, debate
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