nonfictional prose

Thân thiện

A student reads a book of nonfictional prose in the library.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Prose writing that is not fictional: "nonfictional prose" refers to written works in prose form that present factual information, real events, real people, or ideas, as opposed to imaginative or invented narratives.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Biographies and essays are common forms of nonfictional prose.
  • The library's collection includes a vast amount of historical nonfictional prose.
  • Her academic research primarily analyzes 19th-century nonfictional prose.

Advanced Usage

• As a literary/critical category: The term is often used in literary studies and library classifications to categorize and analyze factual writing.
  • The course focuses on the evolution of American nonfictional prose from the colonial period to the present.

Variants and Related Words

• Nonfiction (n): A broader category encompassing all factual writing, which includes nonfictional prose as well as other forms like poetry or drama based on fact.
  • She prefers reading nonfiction to novels.
• Prose (n): Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.
  • He writes beautiful, flowing prose.

Synonyms

• Factual writing: Writing based on facts and reality.
• Expository writing: Writing intended to explain or inform.

Related Phrases

• Creative nonfiction: A genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives.
  • Her memoir is a masterful work of creative nonfiction.

Học thuật

Noun

1. prose writing that is not fictional

Từ đồng nghĩa

• nonfiction