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Quest
An adventurous expedition undertaken by a knight or knights to secure or achieve something. (The Hobbit)
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Realism
Interest in or concern for the actual or real, as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc. (The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
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Rhetoric
The undue use of exaggeration or display; bombast. (Alliteration)
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Romanticism
The Romantic style or movement in literature and art, or adherence to its principles. (William Blake)
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Sarcasm
Harsh or bitter derision or irony. (Critical commentary on The Shepheardes Calender)
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Satire
A literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. (The Satire of the Trades)
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Semantics
The meaning, or an interpretation of the meaning, of a word, sign, sentence. (Middle English "deer"="wild animal")
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Senecan Tragedy
A body of ten 1st century (A. D.) dramas, of which eight were written by the Roman Stoic philosopher. (Gorboduc)
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Setting
The surroundings or environment of anything. (5:00 a.m., England)
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Sibilance
Relating to or denoting the consonants (s, z, //, //), all pronounced with a characteristic hissing sound. (The silken sad uncertain rustling)
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