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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).
a line giving the name of the writer of a story or article.
a non-finite verb that cannot stand on its own, and generally includes the word to, e.g. I like...
(also called dissolve) when one shot dissolves (changes) gradually into another shot, so that...
a definite or clear expression of something in speech or writing. The majority of sentences are...