Cacophony

Harsh and discordant sounds in a line or passage of a literary work

Cacophony  “Jabberwocky” (excerpt)

Lewis Carroll`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves   Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves,   And the mome raths outgrabe.

"Beware the Jabberwock, my son!  The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun  The frumious Bandersnatch!"

Caesura

A break or pause within a line of poetry indicated by punctuation and used to

emphasize meaning

Caesura• Often marked with a “double pipe” sign: || • “An Essay on Man” by Alexander Pope

Know then thyself II, presume not God to scan;The proper study of Mankind II is Man.Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state,A being darkly wise, and rudely great:

CatharsisThe release of emotion that the audience of

a tragedy experiences

Greek word meaning “cleansing” or “purging”

Catharsis

• Oedipus Rex, William Shakespeare