O que (quem) é purple prose - definição
Purple prose
PROSE TEXT THAT IS SO EXTRAVAGANT, ORNATE, OR FLOWERY AS TO BREAK THE FLOW AND DRAW EXCESSIVE ATTENTION TO ITSELF
Purple passage; Purple patch; Purple Patch; Quartian; Purple proses; Purple patches; Purple journalism; Purple Prose; Flowery prose
In literary criticism, purple prose is overly ornate prose text that may disrupt a narrative flow by drawing undesirable attention to its own extravagant style of writing, thereby diminishing the appreciation of the prose overall. Purple prose is characterized by the excessive use of adjectives, adverbs, and metaphors.
purple prose
PROSE TEXT THAT IS SO EXTRAVAGANT, ORNATE, OR FLOWERY AS TO BREAK THE FLOW AND DRAW EXCESSIVE ATTENTION TO ITSELF
Purple passage; Purple patch; Purple Patch; Quartian; Purple proses; Purple patches; Purple journalism; Purple Prose; Flowery prose
¦ noun prose that is too ornate.
purple passage
PROSE TEXT THAT IS SO EXTRAVAGANT, ORNATE, OR FLOWERY AS TO BREAK THE FLOW AND DRAW EXCESSIVE ATTENTION TO ITSELF
Purple passage; Purple patch; Purple Patch; Quartian; Purple proses; Purple patches; Purple journalism; Purple Prose; Flowery prose
¦ noun an excessively ornate passage in a literary composition.
Exemplos de pronúncia para purple prose
1. that it was awful, awful, purple prose.
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2. Not a lot of purple prose.
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Exemplos do corpo de texto para purple prose
1. Blush–making purple prose oozes from Tory pens pouring out love songs and panegyrics.
2. It‘s a frenzy of vengeance." Respectable newspapers have turned over their front pages to purple–prose columnists.
3. Awards are given for many categories, including awards for "purple prose" and "vile puns." The top winner receives a $250 prize.
4. He had several horses in training, one of them a mare called My Purple Prose, which won its first race at 66–1.
5. Three–quarters of the marks available would be awarded for these passages of purple prose with the remaining quarter for actual clinical and academic qualifications.