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the repeated use of images, words or sounds within a word. It is used for emphasis. Thus an advertisement may repeat the brand name, a propagandist may repeat a slogan, and poets repeat sounds (alliteration and assonance).
an adjective that tells us who owns something, e.g. This is their brother. She is my daughter...
the chief evil character in a literary work, often the antagonist, plotting against the hero or...
imagery that appeals to the sense of taste, e.g. The taste of chocolate melting in the mouth....
See mood in literature.
associative or connotative meaning.