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imagery

noun

  1. author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi/ / /-ədʒɹi/ / /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒəɹi/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English ymagerie, from Middle French imagerie; equivalent to image + -ry.

  1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
  2. Imitation work.
  3. Images in general, or en masse.
  4. Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
  5. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
  6. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.