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objective correlative

–noun Literature.
a completely depicted situation or chain of events that objectifies a particular emotion in such a way as to produce or evoke that emotion in the reader.

Origin:
1840–50
objective correlative  
n.  A situation or a sequence of events or objects that evokes a particular emotion in a reader or audience.
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