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Terms for subject Literature (1001 entries)

Select Distinguished Area	SDA
self-reflexive writing	Where an author, sometimes through a self-conscious narrator, integrates ideas about the business of writing itself into the text.
semantic change	The change in meaning of a word.
semantics	The study of meaning in languages, in particular the meanings of distinct words and word combinations in phrases and sentences. Semantics is very different to linguistics.
semiotics	The examination of both verbal and nonverbal signs.
sentence	A grammatical unit consisting of a subject and verb. It is generally end-stopped and begins with a capital letter.
septet	A stanza of a poem that contains seven lines, frequently defined by a rhyme or pattern.
sequel	A complete literary work, which continues the narrative of an earlier composition.
Sergeant At Arms	SAA
series	A number of works connected to each other by plot, setting, character etc.
sestet	A group of six lines of poetry, which can either be a whole poem in itself or simply a stanza.
setting	The place or period within which a narrative or play is located. In drama, setting comprises of any stage scenery.
Shakespearean tragedy	Where a character has a fatal flaw that leads to his demise, despite having free will. Othello is an example of a Shakespearean Tragedy.
short meter	A quatrain, usually iambic, made up of three trimeters and a third line of tetrameter. The rhyme scheme is abcb or abab
short story	A prose narrative of fiction, which is relatively short and more concise, often depicting only one event or climax.
sibilance	repetition, or alliteration, of the letter "s" and the sound it makes. For example, 'the snake slithered soundlessly across the stony ground'.
3. The Miltonic sonnet	similar in form to the petrarchan sonnet, however the Miltonic sonnet does not divide its ideas between the octave and the sestet. The train of thought instead runs straight from the eighth to ninth line. Furthermore, Milton develops the sonnet's scope to encompass not only the theme of love, as the earlier sonnets did, but also to incorporate politics, religion, and personal matters.
simile	A comparison of two things not usually paired, made by using the adverbs like or as. Similes contrast with metaphors; however, both devices bring out a deeper meaning.
skaz	A form of story telling or oral narrative.
slang	Informal diction and vocabulary, often used by youth culture. For instance, a formal greeting might be: "Greetings. How are you?" Whereas the slang might be: "Yo. Whassup?"