arena scene of action | a playing field where sports events take place |
mise en scene stage setting setting | arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted |
scene view | graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept, he painted scenes from everyday life, figure shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment |
scenery scene | the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale, they worked all night painting the scenery |
view aspect prospect scene vista panorama | the visual percept of a region, the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views |
literary study | the humanistic study of literature |
literary criticism lit crit | the informed analysis and evaluation of literature |
literary composition literary work | imaginative or creative writing |
criticism literary criticism | a written evaluation of a work of literature |
argument literary argument | a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie, the editor added the argument to the poem |
literary review | a review devoted to literary criticism |
scene shot | a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film |
scene | a subdivision of an act of a play, the first act has three scenes |
writing style literary genre genre | a style of expressing yourself in writing |
scene | an incident (real or imaginary), their parting was a sad scene |
setting scene | the context and environment in which something is set, the perfect setting for a ghost story |
scene | the place where some action occurs, the police returned to the scene of the crime |
literary agent | an agent who represents an author in dealings with publishers |
hack hack writer literary hack | a mediocre and disdained writer |
literary critic | a critic of literature |
plagiarist plagiarizer plagiariser literary pirate pirate | someone who uses another person's words or ideas as if they were his own |
scene painter | a painter of theatrical scenery |
scene-stealer | an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene, babies are natural scene-stealers |
scenic artist scene painter | an artist specializing in scenic subjects |
picture scene | a situation treated as an observable object, the political picture is favorable, the religious scene in England has changed in the last century |
fit tantrum scene conniption | a display of bad temper, he had a fit, she threw a tantrum, he made a scene |
literary | appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing, when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style |
literary | knowledgeable about literature, a literary style |
on-the-spot(a) on-the-scene(a) | at the scene of action, an on-the-spot reporter, on-the-spot inspections, an on-the scene newscast |
sub-rosa under-the-table behind-the-scene | designed and carried out secretly or confidentially, a sub-rosa report, has their under-the-table backing |
literary | of or relating to or characteristic of literature, literary criticism |