nonfictional prose
Definition
- 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.
Noun
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prose writing that is not fictional
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