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sestina

Literature; General literature

A type of fixed form poetry consisting of thirty-six lines of any length divided into six sestets and a three-line concluding stanza called an envoy. The six words at the end of the first sestet’s ...

sestet

Literature; General literature

A stanza consisting of exactly six lines. See also stanza.

sentimentality

Literature; General literature

A pejorative term used to describe the effort by an author to induce emotional responses in the reader that exceed what the situation warrants. Sentimentality especially pertains to such emotions as ...

script

Literature; General literature

The written text of a play, which includes the dialogue between characters, stage directions, and often other expository information. See also drama, exposition, prologue, stage directions.

scene

Literature; General literature

In drama, a scene is a subdivision of an act. In modern plays, scenes usually consist of units of action in which there are no changes in the setting or breaks in the continuity of time. According to ...

scansion

Literature; General literature

The process of measuring the stresses in a line of verse in order to determine the metrical pattern of the line. See also line, meter.

satire

Literature; General literature

The literary art of ridiculing a folly or vice in order to expose or correct it. The object of satire is usually some human frailty; people, institutions, ideas, and things are all fair game for ...