Literary Terms: B&C Word Scramble
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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. |
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