ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Key Term: Imagery-visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work that appeals to the five senses: hearing, taste, touch, smell, and sight.

Detailed explanation-2: -Imagery : when figurative language (like metaphor or simile ) evokes as a kind mental image any of the five senses, we call this imagery . “She is the sun” (a simile ) suggests imagery of light and warmth (the senses of sight and touch); thus she is likened-compared-to the sun in a positive ways though the imagery.

Detailed explanation-3: -Figurative visualization corresponds to the use of recognizable images as iconic representations, that is, as a means of describing an object by producing its visual likeness.

Detailed explanation-4: -Imagery is a literary device used in poetry, novels, and other writing that uses vivid description that appeals to a readers’ senses to create an image or idea in their head. Through language, imagery does not only paint a picture, but aims to portray the sensational and emotional experience within text.

Detailed explanation-5: -Literal imagery describes things exactly as they are without hidden or symbolic meaning. This is also called descriptive imagery. Writers often use adjectives to create literal imagery. “The sky was periwinkle blue with a few scattered, wispy clouds.”