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The document discusses imagery in creative writing. It defines imagery as the use of descriptive language to evoke sensory experiences for the reader through their senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. It identifies 5 main types of imagery - visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, and tactile imagery - and provides examples for each type. The document emphasizes that imagery allows readers to directly experience what characters experience through their senses, helping to make writing more compelling.

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Prepared By: T. Maice

The document discusses imagery in creative writing. It defines imagery as the use of descriptive language to evoke sensory experiences for the reader through their senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch. It identifies 5 main types of imagery - visual, auditory, olfactory, gustatory, and tactile imagery - and provides examples for each type. The document emphasizes that imagery allows readers to directly experience what characters experience through their senses, helping to make writing more compelling.

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Prepared by: T.

Maice
What is Imagery?
- Imagery is a literary device that refers to the
use of figurative language to evoke a sensory
experience or create a picture with words for a
reader. By utilizing effective descri ptive language
and figures of speech, writers appeal to a
reader’s senses of sight, taste, smell, touch, and
sound, as well as internal emotion and feelings.
- Therefore, imagery is not limited to visual
representations or mental images, but also
includes physical sensations and internal
emotions.
- Here are the five most common types
of imagery used in creative writing:
Visual Imagery
- Visual imagery describes what we see: comic
book images, paintings, or images directly
experienced through the narrator’s eyes. Visual
imagery may include:
- Color, such as: burnt red, and Robin’s egg blue.
- Shapes, such as: square, circular, and conical.
- Size, such as: miniscule, tiny, small, and gigantic.
Auditory Imagery
- Auditory imagery describes what we hear, from
music to noise to pure silence. Auditory imagery may
include:
- Enjoyable sounds, such as: beautiful music, birdsong,
and the voices of a chorus.
- Noises, such as: the bang of a gun, the sound of a
broom moving across the floor, and the sound of
broken glass shattering on the hard floor.
Olfactory Imagery
- Olfactory imagery describes what we
smell. Olfactory imagery may include:
- Fragrances, such as perfumes, enticing
food and drink, and blooming flowers.
- Odors, such as rotting trash, body odors,
or a stinky wet dog.
Gustatory Imagery
- Gustatory imagery describes what we taste.
Gustatory imagery can include:

- Sweetness, such as candies and desserts.


- Sourness, bitterness, and tartness, such as
lemons and limes.
- Saltiness, such as pretzels, French fries, and
pepperonis.
Tactile Imagery
- Lastly, tactile imagery describes what we feel or touch.
Tactile imagery includes:
- Temperature, such as bitter cold, humidity, mildness,
and stifling heat.
- Texture, such as rough, ragged, seamless, and smooth.
- Touch, such as hand-holding, one’s in the grass, or the
feeling of starched fabric on one’s skin.
- Because we experience life through our
senses, a strong composition should appeal
to them through the use of imagery.
Descri ptive imagery launches the reader
into the experience of a warm spring day,
scorching hot summer, crisp fall, or harsh
winter.
- It allows readers to directly sympathize
with characters and narrators as they
imagine having the same sense experiences.
Imagery commonly helps build compelling
poetry, convincing narratives, vivid plays,
well-designed film sets, and descri ptive
songs.

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