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Imagery

Imagery is visual symbolism, or figurative language that evokes a mental image or other kinds of sense impressions, especially in a literary work, but also in other activities such as psychotherapy. Imagery in literature can also be instrumental in conveying tone. [1]

Visual imagery pertains to graphics, visual scenes, pictures, or the sense of sight.

pertains to sounds, noises, music, or the sense of hearing. (This kind of imagery may come in the form of onomatopoeia).

Auditory imagery

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.

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


Other types of imagery include:

Wells, H. G. (Herbert George) (20 July 2021). . ISBN 978-1-7225-2491-3. OCLC 1261367980.

The time machine

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"Imagery and Imagination"

Thomas, Nigel J.T (Winter 2011), , in Zalta, Edward N. (ed.), Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Stanford University, retrieved February 16, 2012

"Mental Imagery"

Belyaev, Igor A. (2020), , Proceedings of the Philological Readings (PhR 2019), EPSBS European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences, London, 19–20 September 2019, pp. 560–567.

"Human-sizedness as a principle of existance [sic] for literary-artistic image

What is Imagery?: Oregon State Guide to English Literary Terms