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Literary Terms: B&C
Literary Terms Beginning with the Letters B and C
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ballad | A poem, often meant to be sung, that tells the story. |
| bathos | A sudden descent from the lofty to the ordinary or ridiculous. |
| belles-lettres | Literature. Currently, lighter writings or appreciative essays on the beauties of literature. |
| bibliography | A list of books on a similar subject or by a given author or authors. |
| biography | The story of someone’s life as written by another. |
| blank verse | Unrhymed poetry, especially poetry written in iambic pentameter. |
| cacophony | Discordant sounds, sometimes used in poetry for effect. |
| cadence | The natural rhythm of language determined by its inherent alternation of stressed or unstressed syllables. |
| caesura | a pause or break in a line of verse. |
| climax | The point of high emotional intensity at which a story or play reaches its peak. |
| conceit | A fanciful image, especially an elaborate or startling analogy. |
| couplet | Two successive lines of poetry, usually rhymed. |