Purple prose, in literary criticism, is prose text that is so extravagant, ornate, or flowery that it breaks the flow and draws excessive attention due to the use of adjectives, adverbs, and metaphors.
La prosa púrpura, en crítica literaria, es un texto de prosa tan extravagante, ornamentado o florido que interrumpe el flujo y atrae atención excesiva por el uso de adjetivos, adverbios y metáforas.
| English Vocab Word | purple prose |
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| Definition | In literary criticism, purple prose is prose text that is so extravagant, ornate, or flowery as to break the flow and draw excessive attention to itself.[1] Purple prose is characterized by the extensive use of adjectives, adverbs, and metaphors. When it is limited to certain passages, they may be termed purple patches or purple passages, standing out from the rest of the work. Purple prose is criticized for desaturating the meaning in an author's text by overusing melodramatic and fanciful descriptions. |
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