Prose can be restrained and ordered {Apollonian prose style}.
Prose can be clear and simple {Attic style}.
Prose can state the main idea and then elaborate, using no parallel constructions and no climax {baroque style, prose} {loose style}.
Prose can be complex and smooth, using parallel constructions, crescendos, and dependent clauses {periodic style, Cicero}, so meaning becomes clear only at end {Ciceronian style}.
Prose can be wild, free, willful, and violent {Dionysian prose style}.
Isocratic style {Euphuistic style} can use myths, proverbs, and zoological references.
Prose can be ornate, using equal-length clauses, equal numbers of sounds, and parallel constructions and thoughts {Isocratic style}.
Plot and characters can evolve in deterministic way {naturalism, literature} {naturalist style}.
Prose can be complex and smooth, using parallel constructions, crescendos, and dependent clauses {periodic style, prose}.
Prose can be florid writing {purple passage}.
Howells, Crane, Garland, and Twain wrote detailed accounts of everyday life {realism, literature} {realistic style}.
Prose can involve good middle-class people or reformed villains {sentimental style}. It uses no wit.
Japanese popular-writing form {ukiyozoshi}.
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