* Poetry: Uses imagery, rhythm, and meter to evoke emotions and create aesthetic experiences. It often deviates from conventional sentence structure and grammar.
* Drama/Playscripts: Written to be performed, they consist of dialogue, stage directions, and character descriptions. While containing prose elements, their structure and purpose are fundamentally different from narrative prose.
* Musical Notation: Uses symbols to represent musical sounds, rhythms, and harmonies. It's a system of communication specific to music.
* Graphic Novels/Comics: Combine visual images with text (often in the form of speech bubbles, captions, and narration) to tell a story. The reading process involves interpreting both visual and textual elements.
* Charts and Graphs: Visually represent data and information using symbols, lines, and numbers. They communicate information efficiently but not through traditional prose.
* Maps: Visually represent geographic locations, features, and relationships.
* Mathematical formulas and equations: Use symbols and notation to represent mathematical concepts and relationships.
In essence, anything that conveys meaning through symbols, visual representation, or a structure other than continuous grammatical sentences can be considered non-prose reading. The common thread is that understanding requires a different set of skills and interpretive strategies compared to reading a novel or essay.