Quietly got up to present written piece (5)
I believe the answer is:
prose
'present written piece' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'quietly got up' is the wordplay.
'quietly' becomes 'p' (p for piano and quiet).
'got up' becomes 'rose' (past tense of 'raise').
'p'+'rose'='PROSE'
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for prose that I've seen before include "Not poetry" , "Ordinary writing" , "Non-verse" , "Writings not in verse" , "Text" .)