PROSE AND ITS FEATURES

LITERATURE IN ENGLISH SSS1 FIRST TERM

WEEK FIVE

PROSE AND ITS FEATURES

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

Students should be able to learn;

• DEFINITION OF PROSE
• KINDS OF PROSE FICTION
• KINDS OF NON-FICTION PROSE

CONTENT

REFERENCE

• Exam Focus by J.O.J. Nwachukwu Agbada et al.
• Essential Literature-in-English for S.S.S. by Ibitola A.O.
• The Mastery of Literature by Iwuchukwu Chinweikpe Esq.
• A Handbook of Creative Writing by J.O.J Nwachukwu Agbada.

TOPIC: PROSE AND ITS FEATURES

PROSE

‘Prose’ refers to the literary or written form of the language of ordinary speech. Some plays are written in prose (e.g.) Sheridan’s The Rivals, Goldsmith’s She Stoops to Conquer, the plays of Ene Henshaw, etc. Fictional writings largely come under the aegis prose, although fictional works could…