English Literature GCSE

Prose

What Prose means in English Literature GCSE, as defined for Eduqas, OCR, Pearson Edexcel.

Definitions of Prose

Exam boards and our study guides word this term in slightly different ways. Learn the version your board uses.

Ordinary written language without metrical structure.

Eduqas, Pearson Edexcel · The Tempest (study guide), Much Ado About Nothing (study guide)

Ordinary language without metrical structure.

Eduqas, Pearson Edexcel · Othello (study guide), Shakespeare (study guide)

Ordinary language without metrical structure. Used for informal, comic, or realistic exchanges.

OCR · Much Ado About Nothing (study guide)

Written or spoken language in its ordinary form, without metrical structure.

OCR · A Midsummer Night's Dream (study guide)

Ordinary speech without a metrical structure.

Pearson Edexcel · The Merchant of Venice (study guide)

Topics that use Prose

Othello (Eduqas GCSE)
The Tempest (Eduqas GCSE)
A Midsummer Night's Dream (OCR GCSE)
Much Ado About Nothing (OCR GCSE)
Much Ado About Nothing (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Shakespeare (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
The Merchant of Venice (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)

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Using Prose in the exam

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