Prose is an example of a literary term. Here is a further opportunity to work on your understanding of literary terms. Practise using these words in your essay writing so that they begin to become second nature to you. Your teacher will be impressed by your ability to describe and analyse literature with precision - and so will the examiners!
Take this quiz to see how many of these terms you know.
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Prose is contrasted to verse, which uses patterns and rhythmic structure in its lines
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Fiction is always imagined. Narrative includes true stories, such as autobiography, biography and certain histories, amongst other forms
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Birds, for example, are a motif in Macbeth: they often appear and are commented upon by the characters
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'Allusion' is the noun, while 'allude' is the verb: i.e. 'The phrase "a thousand ships" clearly alludes to Helen of Troy'
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Empathy and sympathy are similar. Empathy, however, involves feeling as if you actually were the other person, while sympathy means being able to imagine what it would be like to be the other person
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'Confident' is a fairly neutral term. What are the connotations of two of its synonyms: 'fearless' and 'pushy'?
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