- prose - ordinary writing as distinguished from verse
 --1 is a kind of writing style, literary genre, genre
 --1 has particulars:euphuism; nonfiction, nonfictional prose; interior monologue; stream of consciousness; prose poem; polyphonic prose 
- prose - matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression
 --2 is a kind of expressive style, style
 
- prose - matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression