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Terms for subject Literature (1001 entries)

suspense	A sentiment that is often created within plays and stories to engage the reader. Suspense is the eagerness to know what will happen.
suspension of disbelief	An explanation for incredible or unrealistic elements in a work of literature. First suggested by Coleridge as a way of accepting the implausible in a story.
Sustaining Membership Enrollment	SME
syllabary	In writing, a set of symbols which roughly equate to a syllable. This is seen in a language such as Chinese.
syllables	The smallest unit of speech spoken with one single sound.
Sylvia Plath	An American poet and writer. She is the author of The Bell Jar. She was married to Ted Hughes and committed suicide.
symbol	A word, place, character, or object that signifies something beyond what it is on the surface, and represents a broader concept. Symbols can be contextual, cultural, or personal.
symbolic character	Characters whose chief literary purpose is symbolic, although the character may have common or realistic qualities.
symbolism	The use of characters, diction, places, or objects that mean something beyond their literal level meaning. Often the symbol is indefinite in meaning. When many objects or characters each appear to have a specific symbolic meaning, the story is usually an allegory.
symploce	A figure of speech used rhetorically for effect.
synecdoche	A figure of speech where an example becomes a symbol for a whole or larger classification.
syntax	The sentence arrangement of a language or standard word order. Standard English syntax operates on a Subject-Verb-Object pattern; however poets sometimes adjust syntax to accomplish poetic effects. Deliberately unsettling word sequence for a poetic effect is called anastrophe.
Table Topics	TT
Table Topics Evaluator	TTE
Table Topics Master	TTM
tale	A type of short story that is largely concentrated on action, rather than characterisation or atmosphere. Tales are generally oral, opposed to written.
Talk Is Power	TIP
tanka	Similar to the haiku, the tanka is a type of Japanese poetry. It contains thirty-one syllables set in five lines of five / seven / five / seven / seven syllables.
technique	Similar to style, this term refers to the specific craft and method used by a writer.
Ted Hughes	Born on 17 August 1930 in Yorkshire, England, Ted Hughes was a celebrated poet and writer of children’s books. The struggle between the beauty and violence in the natural world was a concern which Hughes explored in his work. His work includes the Crow (1970) and The Iron Man (1968) He died on 28 October 1998. He was married to SylviaPlath.