Imagery

Part of the figurative language in a literary work, whereby the author uses vivid images to describe a phenomenon

Forms

There are five major types of sensory imagery, each corresponding to a sense, feeling, action, or reaction:

• Visual imagery pertains to graphics, visual scenes, pictures, or the sense of sight.
• Auditory imagery pertains to sounds, noises, music, or the sense of hearing. (This kind of imagery may come in the form of onomatopoeia).
• Olfactory imagery pertains to odors, aromas, scents, or the sense of smell.
• Gustatory imagery pertains to flavors or the sense of taste.
• Tactile imagery pertains to physical textures or the sense of touch.

Other types of imagery include:

• Kinesthetic imagery pertains to movements.
• Organic imagery / subjective imagery, pertains to personal experiences of a character's body, including emotion and the senses of hunger, thirst, fatigue, and pain.
• Phenomenological, pertains to the mental conception of an item as opposed to the physical version.

External links

• "Imagery and Imagination". Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
• Thomas, Nigel J.T (Winter 2011), Zalta, Edward N. (ed.), "Mental Imagery", Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, retrieved February 16, 2012