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6503491539ArchetypeA collectively inherited unconscious idea, pattern of thought, image, etc., universally present in individual psyches. Ex. Damsels in distress0
6503503131Assonancethe repetition of identical or similar vowel sounds1
6503508027AubadeA mourning love song, or a song or poem about lovers separating at dawn2
6503529069Authorial VoiceTh voices or speakers used by authors when they seemingly speak for themselves in a book3
6503532967Ballad MeterA four-line stanza rhymed abcd with four feet in lines one and three, and three feet in lines two and four4
6503550273BathosAn effect of anticlimax created by unintentional lapse in mood form the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous5
6503562626BildungsromanA novel in which an adolescent protagonist comes to adulthood by a process of experience and disillusionment, the character loses their mental innocence, previous preconceptions are false, security of childhood is destroyed6
6503580311Blank VerseUn-rhymed iambic pentameter7
6503585601CacophonyA harsh, unpleasant combinations of sounds and tones8
6503590423CadenceThe melodic pattern just before the end of a sentence or phrase9
6503602736CaesuraA pause, usually near the middle of a line of verse10
6503613697CatalogueThe creation of long lists for poetic or rhetorical effect11
6503629684CatharsisAn emotional discharge that brings about a moral or spiritual renewal or welcome relief from tension and anxiety12
6503639557ChiasmusRepetition of words in successive clauses in reverse grammatical order Ex. "eat to live, not live to eat"13
6503649205ChivalryA idealized code of military and social behavior for the aristocracy in the late medieval period "Knights code of honor"14

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