Imagery

• Imagery refers to the mental pictures that experience when reading literature
• Imagery appeals directly to one or more of the five senses
• An author achieves imagery through the use of words
• Visual Mental Imagery is our ability to reactivate and manipulate visual representation in the absence of the corresponding visual stimuli, giving rise to the experience of "seeing the mind's eye"
• There are five types of imagery:

  Visual: What you see

  Auditory: What you hear

  Kinesthetic: What you feel

  Olfactory: What you smell

  Gustatory: What you taste