IV. PHILIPPINE LITERATURE

      Prose is basically written words structured the same as spoken words. Essentially the same as a book or short story, newspaper article, factual book or dialogue.
An example of writing that is not prose is poetry, which may rhyme, or have a rhythmic structure or form.
In a single simple sentence; Prose is writing the same as you would speak out loud.In literature, prose refers to any spoken or written language that is in it's ordinary form. It lacks any formal pattern or metrical structure. It applies a natural flow of speech instead of rhythmic structure.

TYPES OF PROSE

1.NOVEL

A novel is a fictional piece of prose  that is typically written in a narrative style and presented as a bound book. Novels tell stories, which are usually defined as a series of events described in a sequence. The novel has been a part of human culture for over a thousand years, although its origins are somewhat debated. Regardless of how it began, the novel has risen to prominence and remained one of the most popular and treasured examples of human culture and writing. Its form and presentation tends to change with the times, but it remains an essential part of the literary cultures of nearly all societies around the world.  

 2.SHORT STORY
Short Story a fictional prose tale of no specified length, but too short to be published as a volume on its own, as novellas sometimes and novels usually are. A short story will normally concentrate on a single event with only one or two characters, more economically than a novel's sustained exploration of social background. There are similar fictional forms of greater antiquity- fables, lais, folktales, and parables.

3. PLAY

A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialouge between characters, intended for theateritical performance rather than just reading. Plays are performed at a variety of levels, from broadway off, regional theater to community theater as well a University or school productions. There are rare dramatists, notably george bernard shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed or read. The term "play" can refer to both the written works of playwrights and to their complete theatrical performance.

4.LEGENDS  

 Legend are generally stories of origins. in particular the most common of which are creation stories and the origins of a people, place, animals or object.........

5.FABLES

Fable is a literary genre. A fable is a succinct fictional story, in  prose or verse, that features animals, mythical creatures , plants, inanimate objects or forces of nature which are anthropomophized (given human qualities such as verbal communication), and that illustrates or leads to an interpretation of a moral lesson (a "moral"), which may at the end be added explicitly in a pithy maxim.
A fable differs from a  parable in that the latter excludes animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as actors that assume speech and other powers of humankind.

6. ANECDOTE

An anecdote is a short account of an interesting or humorous incident. An anecdote is generally based on real life, an occurrence involving real people, whether famous or not, in actual places.

 7.ESSAYS

An essay is generally a short piece of writing written from an author's personal point of view, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of an article and a short story.

8.Biography   

 A biography or simply bio is a detailed description or account of a person's life. It entails more than basic facts (education, work, relationships, and death) - a biography also portrays a subject's experience of these events.

   9. NEWS 
News is the communication of selected information current events which is presented by print, broadcast, internet or word of mouth to a third-party or mass audience. 

 10.ORATION

 A formal speech, especially one given on a ceremonial occasion.A speech delivered in a high-flown or pompous manner.