Now that you have identified what the scholar is arguing and how the argument is constructed, you will write a summary, in prose, of the argument in your own words.
Does the instruction means that we now write a summary of the argument in our own words?
What is the "in prose" emphasizing here?
The instruction is directing you to write in ordinary English (as opposed to poetry or dot points, for example).
Definition of prose from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prose
1 a :the ordinary language people use in speaking or writing b :a literary medium distinguished from poetry especially by its greater irregularity and variety of rhythm and its closer correspondence to the patterns of everyday speech
