PROSE

JOOPRENCESS E. PONO
• PROSE – Is basically a literary piece presented in the pattern of
natural, straightforward, and ordinary language written in sentences
that are arranged in paragraphs. It does not pay much attention to
metrical or rhythmic structures but is most concerned about the
accuracy of grammatical structure, punctuations, capitalization, and
syntax.

• Prose is an example of prose writing, as is most human

conversation, text books, lectures, novels, short stories, fairy
tales, news paper articles, and essays.

WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF PROSE?

• Biography
• Authography
• Folktale
• Novels

WHAT IS A FOLKTALE?
Folktale were passed down from generation to generation by word of mouth, which is called tradition
Folktale were made up to explain the wonder of the world or to teach morals and lesson.

Biography is a story written about someone’s life.

An example of biography is
• A Book about the story of President Obama’s life.
• Tell readers who you are and what you do.

An Authography is the story of the life of a person, written by that person himself, for example
• She revealed this and other details of her in her two authographies.
WHAT IS PROSE IN YOUR OWN ` WORDS?
The ordinary language people use in speaking or
writing b;.
2: A dull ot ordinary style, quality, or condition.
Common examples of First Prose Lines in Well-known Novels

• In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice

that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.
(The Great Gatsby).

Famous Lines of Prose

• All Animals are Equal, but some animals are more equal than others.
(Animal Farm).
 Writing a Prose Poem
A prose poem is written in prose form without a metrical pattern and without a proper rhyme
scheme.
• Its not difficult to write a prose poem.
Think about and idead related to a specific theme, ro a choose topic.
4 elements are
• Characters
• Plots
• Setting
• mood
Writing a Prose Poem
A prose poem is written in prose form without a metrical pattern and without a proper rhyme
scheme.
However, other poetic elements such as symbol metaphors, figurative language poetic.

• Use repetitions, metaphors, and similes extensively.

• Ex.

• Bumping me left and right, up and down. I dream of a mind as peaceful as a meadow,
as clear as a river, ac callm as a lake

Simile
- A figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different
kind.
What are three examples of similes?
-simile is a figure of speech that compaers two unlike things using the words
“ like” or “as”.
Examples of simile
• Sly like a fox
• Cool as a cucumber

Metaphor

- Is a figure of speech that describes an obbjejjct or action in a way that

isn’t literally true, but helps explain an idea or make a comparison

Example of metaphor
• Ali is walking dictionary
• Time is money
TYPES OF PROSE
fiction; most familiar form of prose sed in novels and short stories and
featuring elements such as plot, setting, characters
 TWO MAJOR GENRES OF LITERATURE

FICTION
• Is literatue that is made up, or created from the authors’s imagination.
• EXAMPLE

- SHORT STORIES
- - FANTASY
- MYSTERIES
- REALISTIC FICTION
- HISTORICAL
- FICTION
- SCIENCE FICTION
NON-FICTION
This is the most popular type of prose, used in novels
and short stories, and generally has characters, plot,
setting, and dialogue.

EXAMPLE

• A book about animals life cycle.

• A documentary on TV
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