Sentence examples for prose composition from inspiring English sources

White added his own chapter "on writing" – about English prose composition, and that was that.

Tacitus studied rhetoric, which provided a general literary education including the practice of prose composition.

(Formerly CLASSGRK 175A/275A). Review of Greek grammar and instruction in Greek prose composition skills.

(Formerly CLASSGRK 175B/275B). Review of Greek grammar and instruction in Greek prose composition skills.

Many candidates had written little or nothing as undergraduates, so balked at extended prose composition, let alone the rigours of a dissertation.

Not that many students need the added incentive to do well, said Robert Fitterman, who teaches the program's freshman course in prose composition.

tracts, chiefly in prose ; and compositions, chiefly on matters of jurisprudence and religion, founded on Arabic originals.

The Celtic imagination of the peoples of the western shores of Europe was obviously greatly impressed by the romantic story, as is shown by the many early prose and poetic compositions which have survived to excite the interest of modern philosophers and antiquarians.

Epistle, a composition in prose or poetry written in the form of a letter to a particular person or group.

In their efforts to escape rigid metrical patterns and to achieve freer poetic rhythms, many Symbolist poets resorted to the composition of prose poems and the use of vers libre (free verse), which has now become a fundamental form of contemporary poetry.

Written exercises in the form of music (composition) and/or prose (papers) may be required, depending on the topic.