imagery
noun
- author's use of vivid and descriptive language to add depth to their work
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɹi/ / /-ədʒɹi/ / /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒəɹi/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English ymagerie, from Middle French imagerie; equivalent to image + -ry.
- The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects.
- Imitation work.
- Images in general, or en masse.
- Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
- The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.
- Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.