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Emotional catalog

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Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A list or series of emotions presented to build intensity or complexity

Detailed Definition
An emotional catalog is a poetic list or inventory of feelings, moods, or affective states, often presented without narrative context to evoke raw emotional texture; by enumerating sensations—grief, joy, dread—in rapid succession, it bypasses logic to immerse the reader in a visceral emotional landscape, common in confessional or surrealist verse.
Example
Example in poetry:
Walt Whitman’s catalogs in “Song of Myself”: “The negro holds firmly the reins of his four horses…”; Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl,” listing societal outcasts and visions; Claudia Rankine’s “Citizen,” enumerating microaggressions as emotional inventory; Lucille Clifton’s “won’t you celebrate with me,” listing life trials before triumph
Additional Notes
An emotional catalog lists feelings or affective states in sequence, building emotional intensity through accumulation rather than narrative.
Also Known As
Affect inventory Feeling list Emotion roster Sentiment roll Affective catalog Feeling-driven list Passionate inventory Passionate enumeration
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