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Imagery - Definition and Overview

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Imagery--words that create a picture. Edgar Allan Poe was a master of imagery. In "The Fall of the House of Usher," for example, such pictures of a "black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled luster by the dwelling," create images in the mind of trepidation and gloom.

Such images can be created by using figures of speech such as similes, metaphors, personification, and assonance.

Example Usage of Imagery

jephjacques: @pvponline you're mistaking Imagery for message. have you READ the books? have you THOUGHT about what they tell young women is acceptable?
tashinabanks: Thanks for letting me share a few moments of my life with you tonight through Imagery. :) have a beautiful rest
MetroGypsy: Powerful Imagery: http://www.runawaynow.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/Burlesque.jpg #burlesque
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