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Catharsis, as Aristotle uses the term, refers to:
AEmotional purgation produced by tragedy
BA rhetorical device
CA metrical pattern
DA type of plot twist
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Emotional purgation produced by tragedy
1. Catharsis is the audience's emotional effect.
2. It is achieved via 'pity and fear.'
3. The brief's Theory bucket includes catharsis explicitly.
_Source: Project Gutenberg #1974 — Aristotle's Poetics — "pity and fear effecting the proper purgation of these emotions"_
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