prose

The term ‘prose’ is derived from the latin words , prorsus ‘ which means straight on ,continuous or ‘forward ‘ it is as a consequence , a piece of writing which goes straight on and continues to the very end . the prose genre of literature is distinguished by its use of a greater amount of word and sentence structures , greater variety of rhythm as well as its closeness to the pattern of ordinary speech . generally , prose is made up of fiction and non-fiction works.

I highlighted three kind of prose in my own understanding
1 the biography
biographies refers to the non-fictive presentation of the life history of a person in which some effort is made to interpret facts relating to the person experience [s] in order to render a unified view regarding the character , mind , attitude , and personality of the subject in question.

2 the autobiography
this is a non-fictive prose . it is the story of someone’s life by the person who lived it . because the autobiography is written while the subject is still alive , it is not possible to cover all of the person’s life. example are the man died [1972] by Nigeria writer wole Soyinka and barack obama’s audacity of hope [2006] e.t.c

3 the memoir
another non-fictive prose genre is the memoir. Very close to the autobiography, it is different from it in the sense that the memoir is often the recollection of important peoples who have been part of a major events or have observed it more or lese as participants. An example is Olusegun Obasanjo my command [1980] , a personal recollection of his war-time activities as a garrison commander, and general chukwuemeka odumegwu ojukwu’s deputy during the Nigeria civil war.