"You can see that there is no easy walk to freedom anywhere, and many of us will have to pass through the valley of the shadow (of death) again and again before we reach the mountain tops of our desires." - Nelson Mandela."As for the marriage laws, they are due for a sweeping reform, and an excellent beginning would be to wipe the existing ones off the books." - Shirley Chisholm.You can recognize prose in speeches by their call to action and persuasive style. Speeches are delivered on a stage and may or may not be written down. Speech prose mixes non-fictional topics with emotional effects and heightened imagery to express the speaker's thoughts. "One can always be kind to people about whom one cares nothing." - The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde.
"Call me Ishmael." Moby Dick - Herman Melville.Additionally, prose in novels makes heavy use of literary devices like imagery. They are either entirely fictional or include elements of factual events mixed with imaginary scenarios. The prose in novels is part of fictional prose written in narrative form.