Imagery

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Imagery

Imagery is used in literature

Literature

Literature is the art of written works. Literally translated, the word means "acquaintance with letters" . In Western culture the most basic written literary types include fiction and non-fiction....
to refer to descriptive language that evokes sensory experience.

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Imagery is used in literature

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Forms of Imagery

Imagery can be in many forms such as metaphor

Metaphor

Metaphor is language that directly compares seemingly unrelated subjects. It is a figure of speech that compares two or more things without using the words "like" or "as." More generally, a metaphor describes a first subject as being or equal to a second object in some way....
s, simile

Simile

A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the word "like" or "as". Even though similes and metaphors are both forms of comparison, similes allow the two ideas to remain distinct in spite of their similarities, whereas metaphors seek to equate two ideas despite their differences....
s and pun

Pun

A pun, or paronomasia, is a form of word play that deliberately exploits ambiguity between similar-sounding words for humour or rhetorical effect....
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A simile is a literary device where the writer employs the words "like" or "as" to compare two different ideas. It can be a strong word to use as a describing word in a simile or metaphor.

He flew like a dove.
I am as bold as a lion.
He has a heart as big as the outdoors.
Her eyes sparkle like a crystal.

A metaphor is similar to a simile, however this literary device makes a comparison without the use of "like" or "as".

He has a hyena's laugh.
Her face is a garden.
Her hair stood on end.
His breath was on fire.
The sea surges with laughter.
Her eyes were endless pools of beauty