CREATIVE WRITING

MICHELLE B. MAGCALAS
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Imagery is a literary device that refers to the use of 
figurative language to evoke a sensory experience or
create a picture with words for a reader. By utilizing
effective descriptive language and figures of speech,
writers appeal to a reader’s senses of sight, taste, smell,
touch, and sound, as well as internal emotion and
feelings. Therefore, imagery is not limited to visual
representations or mental images, but also includes
physical sensations and internal emotions.
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There are five major types of sensory imagery, each corresponding
to a sense, feeling, action, or reaction:
Visual imagery pertains to graphics, visual scenes, pictures, or the
sense of sight.
Auditory imagery pertains to sounds, noises, music, or the sense
of hearing. (This kind of imagery may come in the form of 
onomatopoeia).
Olfactory imagery pertains to odors, aromas, scents, or the sense
of smell.
Gustatory imagery pertains to flavors or the sense of taste.
Tactile imagery pertains to physical textures or the sense of
touch.
VISUAL IMAGERY
-engages sense of sight
including color, size,
shape, lightness,
darkness, shadows, and
shade.
GUSTATORY IMAGERY
- sense of taste such as
sweet, salty, bitter, sour
and umami ( textures
and sensations
AUDITORY IMAGERY
-sense of hearing and
sound devices such as
onomatopoeia and
alliteration
OLFACTORY IMAGERY
-engages the sense of
smell; words such as
aroma, fragrance,
TACTILE IMAGERY
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engages the sense of
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touch such as feel,

textures and many
sensations a human
being
KINESTHETIC IMAGERY
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engages the feeling of
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movement such as
rushing water, flapping
wings, pounding hearts
EXAMPLES OF IMAGERY
EXAMPLES OF IMAGERY
EXAMPLES OF IMAGERY