prose

Noun
  1. Ordinary writing as distinguished from verse (synset 106388195)
    is a type of: genre, literary genre, writing style - a style of expressing yourself in writing
    subtypes:
    • 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
  2. Matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression (synset 107086474)
    is a type of: 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

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