复习到这篇，你已经掌握了100个专业名解了。为自己鼓掌并请继续努力学习，这也是最后一拨啦。当然前几篇也要好好复习，温故而知新，可不是骗你的。文学类的知识更需要理解，记忆和回顾，加油啦！

　　101. Scansion(韵律分析)

　　The analysis of verse into meter patterns.

　　韵律分析：将诗划分成音步的分析方法。

　　102.Sestet (六行诗)

　　A six-line poem or stanza.

　　103. Setting (背景)

　　The time, place, and circumstances in which a narrative, drama, or novel takes place.

　　背景：记叙文、戏剧或小说发生的时间、地点和环境.

　　104. Simile (明喻)

　　A comparison made between two things through the use of a specific word of comparison.

　　明喻：两种事物之间借助于比喻词汇进行的比较。

　　105. Soliloquy (独白)

　　A dramatic or literary form of discourse in which a character reveals a character‘s thoughts when alone or unaware of the presence of other characters.

　　独白：一种戏剧或文学的说话形式，其中某角色在独自一人或不知道其他角色存在的情况下展示角色的思想。

　　106. Song (歌)

　　A short lyric poem with distinct musical qualities, normally written to be set to music.

　　歌:一种具有典型的音乐特征的抒情诗体，通常为谱曲而作。

　　107. Sonnet (十四行诗)

　　A 14-line verse form usually written in iambic pentameter.

　　十四行诗：一种由十四行组成的诗歌形式，通常以五步抑扬格为押韵形式。

　　108. Spenserian Stanza (斯宾塞诗体)

　　A nine line stanza with the following rhyme scheme ababbcbcc.

　　109. Stream of consciousness (意识流)

　　The style of writing that attempts to imitate the natural flow of a character‘s thoughts, feelings reflections, and mental images as the character experiences them.

　　意识流：一种模仿作品中人物思想，思维，精神活动的自然过程的写作技巧。

　　110.Style(风格)

　　An author‘s characteristic way of writing ,determined by the choice of words, the arrangement of words in sentences, and the relationship of sentences to one and another.

　　风格：由词汇的选择，句子中词汇的安排，句子之间的关系形成的某一作家的特定的写作方式。

　　111. Suspense (悬念)

　　The quality of a story, novel, or drama that makes readers uncertain or tense about the outcome of events.

　　悬念：小说，故事，戏剧所具有的使读者对结局产生不安或紧张的感觉的特质。

　　112. Symbol (象征)

　　Any object, person, place, or action that has a meaning in itself and also stands for something larger than itself, such as a quality, attitude, or belief.

　　象征：本身具有意义，用来体现高于自身意义的思想的，观点的人，物，行为，地点。

　　113. Symbolism (象征主义)

　　A literary movement in the late19th century, characterized by the use of symbols to represent things.

　　象征主义：十九世纪的一种文学潮流，运用象征来体现事物。

　　114. Synecdoche (提喻法)

　　A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole.

　　提喻法：一种以局部代表整体的修辞方法。

　　115. Terza rima (三行体)

　　An Italian verse form consisting of a series of three line stanzas in which the middle line of each stanza rhymes with the first and the third lines of the following stanza.(aba bcb cde, ect.)

　　116. Theme (主题)

　　The general idea or insight about life that a writer wishes to express in a literary work.

　　作者在作品中表现的对于生活的总的观点或看法。

　　117.Tone (调子)

　　The attitude a writer takes toward his or her subject, characters, or audience.

　　调子：作者对于作品的主题，人物和读者所持的态度。

　　118. Tragedy (悲剧)

　　In general, a literary work in which the protagonist meets an unhappy or disastrous end.

　　悲剧：以主人公可悲的或灾难性的结局结束的故事。

　　119.Wit (睿智)

　　A brilliance and quickness of perception combined with a cleverness of expression.

　　睿智：巧妙的思维和睿智的表达的结合。

　　120.Exposition (评注)

　　The part of a narrative or drama, in which important background information is revealed.

　　评注：记叙文章或戏剧中向读者介绍主要的背景情况的部分。