Reading Time: 14 minutesOverview Definition: A metaphor says one thing is another so the second thing lends its traits to the first. The comparison stays implied, so the image does the explaining. What you’ve seen before: You’ve heard a character drop a short, vivid line that frames a feeling as a physical thing, so you can picture it… Continue reading What Is a Metaphor? Definition, Types, and Examples
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What Is Imagery? Definition, Types, and Examples
Reading Time: 15 minutesOverview Definition: Imagery is specific sensory detail on the page or on screen that makes a place, object, or moment feel present through sight, sound, smell, taste, touch, movement, and internal sensation. What you’ve seen before: You have seen imagery when a line or scene makes you “arrive” inside a moment because it names concrete… Continue reading What Is Imagery? Definition, Types, and Examples