Imagery
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Part of the figurative language in a literary work, whereby the author uses vivid images to describe a phenomenon
Forms[edit]
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.[1]
- Phenomenological, pertains to the mental conception of an item as opposed to the physical version.
References[edit]
- ^ "Poetics of Robert Frost: Examples". Friends of Robert Frost. Retrieved 12 March 2013.
External links[edit]
- "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