The stars held her imagination captive.

Meaning: The sentence is describing how the stars affected the little girl's imagination. It's like saying, The stars made the little girl keep thinking about them and imagining things about them.

Choice of Words: Held means to keep something in a particular place or condition. Imagination is the ability to think of things that are not real. Captive means unable to escape. When you put them together, "The stars held her imagination captive" means the stars kept the little girl thinking about them and imagining things about them.

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