prose writing
Writing without verse
Prose writing is ordinary written language that isn't verse—sentences and paragraphs rather than lines and stanzas.
The term distinguishes everyday composition from poetry, though it encompasses everything from novels to legal documents to email.
She excels at prose writing but struggles with poetry.
- articleWritten piece or grammatical word
- autobiographySelf-penned life narrative
- essayShort argumentative prose work
- point of viewOne's particular outlook
- lineContinuous mark or queue
novella · storytelling · editorial · narrative · narrative arc · foreshadowing · characterization · show don't tell · short story · paragraph · craft · sentence · nonfiction · voice · pages · turning the page · first draft · rough draft
- Literary Activitiesbook clubs, reading circles, poetry clubs, literary journals, essay contests
- ancient historiansHerodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Plutarch, Tacitus
prose writingpoetry
Metrical literary composition
verse · lyric poetry · free verse · blank verse · epic poetry
prose writingoral tradition
Culture passed by speech
visual art · spoken word · musical composition · dance · painting
prose writingbullet points
Marked summary elements
lists · tabular data · fragments · code · notation