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Questions about writing prose..

 
 
Reply Tue 15 Nov, 2022 08:17 pm
Writing that is overly descriptive, ornate, and does not advance the narrative is commonly called:

Blue prose
Orange prose
Purple prose
Clear prose
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izzythepush
 
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Reply Wed 16 Nov, 2022 01:36 pm
@svaldezi,
A multiple choice question.

This is a question about idiom, not grammar.

What sounds better?

If you were making a speech which pair would you choose?
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bobsal u1553115
 
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Reply Wed 16 Nov, 2022 02:36 pm
@svaldezi,
svaldezi wrote:

Writing that is overly descriptive, ornate, and does not advance the narrative is commonly called:

Blue prose
Orange prose
Purple prose
Clear prose


Purple prose. What's my reward?
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Mame
 
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Reply Wed 16 Nov, 2022 03:44 pm
@svaldezi,
google each one's description and do your own homework.
bobsal u1553115
 
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Reply Wed 16 Nov, 2022 07:33 pm
@Mame,
We used to get huge numbers of people, usually ESL, asking to basically write papers or answer work sheet questions, or questions from text books.

It always kinda got me: they were tech savvy enough to find a2k with some sort of google search, but not sharp enough to google the question they wanted us to answer.

Makes me wonder WTF is going on, sometimes.
Mame
 
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Reply Thu 17 Nov, 2022 08:25 am
@bobsal u1553115,
Yep, and they're still doing it. If someone posted a question asking what 'purple prose' was because they heard it somewhere, I'd have no problem providing my answer. But this one is laid out like a test question and I did my own homework and feel so should they. You learn so much more and better that way.
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