Monosyllabic prose¶
monosyllabic_prose · word · validated
A text in which every word is of one syllable, from first to last.
Provenance¶
- Source: Traditional; a standing exercise in English rhetorical instruction
- Attribution:
traditional— classical or folk; no single origin to name - Checkability:
self— decidable from the text and its parameters alone - Attested:
codified— formulated as a rule by a tradition rather than declared by an author
Details¶
- Kind: restrictive
- Languages: en
- Requires:
tokens,syllables.heuristic - Deterministic: yes
- In other languages: Einsilbige Prosa (de)
Prompt hint¶
Write a passage in which no word has more than one syllable.
Examples¶
all-one-syllable¶
en — this text satisfies the procedure.
the cat sat on the mat and did not move
Source: constructed example; a standing exercise in English rhetoric
a-longer-word¶
en — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
the water sat on the mat
Source: constructed counterexample
nur-einsilbige-woerter¶
de — this text satisfies the procedure.
Der Hund läuft und der Baum steht
Source: constructed example
mots-tous-monosyllabiques¶
fr — this text satisfies the procedure.
Le chat dort sur le lit
Source: constructed example
un-mot-plus-long¶
fr — this text does not satisfy the procedure.
Le chat dort sur la montagne
Source: constructed counterexample