Dramatic+composition

  • 61melodrama — melodramatist /mel euh dram euh tist, drah meuh /, n. /mel euh drah meuh, dram euh/, n. 1. a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of… …

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  • 62Eliot, T.S. — ▪ Anglo American poet Introduction in full  Thomas Stearns Eliot  born September 26, 1888, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. died January 4, 1965, London, England  American English poet, playwright, literary critic, and editor, a leader of the modernist… …

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  • 63play — [[t]pleɪ[/t]] n. 1) a dramatic composition; drama 2) a dramatic performance, as on the stage 3) activity, often spontaneous, engaged in for recreation, as by children 4) fun or jest, as opposed to earnest: I said it merely in play[/ex] 5) a pun… …

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  • 64play — /pleɪ / (say play) noun 1. a dramatic composition or piece; a drama. 2. a dramatic performance, as on the stage. 3. exercise or action by way of amusement or recreation. 4. fun, jest, or trifling, as opposed to earnest: he said it merely in play …

  • 65dialogue — I. noun also dialog Etymology: Middle English dialoge, from Anglo French dialogue, from Latin dialogus, from Greek dialogos, from dialegesthai to converse, from dia + legein to speak more at legend Date: 13th century 1. a written composition in… …

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  • 66Muonionalusta — The Muonionalusta, on loan to the Prague National Museum in 2010. It is the largest meteorite ever exhibited in the Czech Republic. Type IVA (Of) Class …

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  • 67tragedy — trag•e•dy [[t]ˈtrædʒ ɪ di[/t]] n. pl. dies 1) a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: a family tragedy[/ex] 2) lit. the tragic element of drama, of literature generally, or of life: the tragedy of poverty[/ex] 3) lit …

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  • 68tragedy — /ˈtrædʒədi / (say trajuhdee) noun (plural tragedies) 1. a dramatic composition of serious or sombre character, with an unhappy ending: Shakespeare s tragedy of Hamlet . 2. that branch of the drama which is concerned with this form of composition …

  • 69Mysteries — Mystery Mys ter*y, n.; pl. {Mysteries}. [OE. mistere, OF. mestier, F. m[ e]tier, L. ministerium. See {Ministry}.] 1. A trade; a handicraft; hence, any business with which one is usually occupied. [1913 Webster] Fie upon him, he will discredit our …

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  • 70Mystery — Mys ter*y, n.; pl. {Mysteries}. [OE. mistere, OF. mestier, F. m[ e]tier, L. ministerium. See {Ministry}.] 1. A trade; a handicraft; hence, any business with which one is usually occupied. [1913 Webster] Fie upon him, he will discredit our mystery …

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