| Term | Definition |
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| baroque | refers to an elaborate style of architecture that followed classicism |
| bathos | the use of insincere or overdone sentimentality |
| belles-lettres | body of literature including drama, poetry, fiction, and criticism that is inherently artistic |
| blank verse | unrhymed verse (usually in iambic pentameter) |
| bombast | Inflated language |
| burlesque | literary composition that aims to provoke laughter by ridiculing serious works |
| cacophony | use of inharmonious sounds in close conjunction to create an effect |
| caricature | grotesque likeness of striking characteristics in persons or things |
| carpe diem | seize the day; a motif in poetry |
| catharsis | cleansing of the spirit of the spectator at a tragedy through experiencing the emotions of pity and terror |
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