Both a mental process (as in imagining) and a wide variety of procedures used in therapy to encourage changes in attitudes, behavior, or physiological reactions. As a mental process, it is often defined as "any thought representing a sensory quality." It includes, as well as the visual, all the senses - aural, tactile, olfactory, proprioc [..]

A technique in which a person focuses on positive images in his or her mind. It can help people reach a relaxed, focused state and help reduce stress and give a sense of well-being. Also called guided [..]

Elements of a poem that invoke any of the five senses to create a set of mental images. Specifically, using vivid or figurative language to represent ideas, objects, or actions. Poems that use rich im [..]

1language that produces pictures in the minds of people reading or listening poetic imagery Topic CollocationsLiteraturebeing a writer write/publish literature/poetry/fiction/a book/a story/a poem/a n [..]

mid-14c., "piece of sculpture, carved figures," from Old French imagerie "figure" (13c.), from image "likeness, figure, drawing, portrait" (see image (n.)). Rhetorical me [..]

The formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses ofthings, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream.

A word used to end a conversation in which a participant 'went too far' in a subject, anecdote or shared joke. For instance, a member of the group may divulge certain graphic details o [..]

Imageryonly in the phrase "chambers of his imagery" ( Ezekiel 8:12 ). (See CHAMBER .)

A common term of variable meaning, imagery includes the "mental pictures" that readers experience with a passage of literature. It signifies all the sensory perceptions referred to in a poem [..]

imagination: the ability to form mental images of things or events; "he could still hear her in his imagination" Imagery was released on February 6, 1997 and is the first ful [..]

Use of language which creates pictures in the mind of the reader and appeals to the senses. These are often figures of speech such as similes, metaphors, personification. Assists the reader to respond to the poem at a deeper level and to experience the ideas and feelings being expressed.

Collectively, the representations of objects reproduced electronically or by optical means on film, electronic display devices, or other media. [JP1]

Utilizing the mind to create a mental representation of a sensory experience.

The pattern of related comparative aspects of language, particularly of images, in a literary work. Imagery of light and darkness pervade James Joyce's stories "Araby," "The Boarding House," and "The Dead." So, too, does religious imagery.

The use of language to descriptively represent things, actions, even abstract ideas; an abstraction or condensation of a writer's visual or sensory pictures. Beckson and Ganz, Literary Terms: A Dictionary

Often taken as a synonym for figurative language, but the term may also refer to the 'mental pictures' which the reader experiences in his/her response to literary works or other texts: see, [..]

In literature, an image is a word picture. It can be a phrase, a sentence, or a line. It is used to enhance the reader’s appreciation of the figurative more than the literal meaning of a poem, story, [..]

figurative language intended to evoke a picture or idea in the mind of the reader; figures of speech collectively. ``An Image is that which presents an intellectual and emotional complex in an instant [..]

The use of figurative language or illustrations to represent objects, actions or ideas.

 – the creation of sensory images through words

 word or sequence of words representing a sensory experience (visual, auditory, olfactory, tactile, and gustatory) Example

language that appeals to the five senses

the use of words to create a picture or image in the reader’s mind

Words, phrases, and sensory details used to create a mood or mental picture in a reader’s mind. Example: From “Mariana” by Alfred, Lord Tennyson- “With blackest moss the flower-plots Were thickly crus [..]

only in the phrase "chambers of his imagery" (Ezek. 8:12). (See CHAMBER.)

Imagery is simply the formation of any mental pictures. This simple process has great benefit when it comes to memory. By using imagery, we can enhance the processing of information into the memory sy [..]

A technique in which the person focuses on positive images in his or her mind.

The creation of images using words. Poets usually achieve this by invoking comparisons by means of metaphor or simile or other figures of speech. In his famous line from sonnet 18 Shakespeare [..]

Imagery is the intelligence derived from the analysis of geospatial information that describes, assesses and visually depicts physical features (both natural and constructed) and geographically refere [..]

According to 10 USCS § 467, the term imagery means, "except as provided in subparagraph (B), a likeness or presentation of any natural or manmade feature or related object or activity and the pos [..]

(n) the ability to form mental images of things or events

A common way of collecting information associated with a coverage, by which the value of a continuous phenomenon is usually sampled at regular but discrete locations, i.e. pixels.

Visible representation of objects and (or) phenomena as sensed or detected by cameras, infrared and multispectral scanners, radar, and photometers. Recording may be on photographic emulsion (directly [..]

A visual image which is recalled in accurate detail. It is a sort of Projection of an image on a mental screen.

The use of mental images produced by the Imagination as a form of Psychotherapy. It can be classified by the modality of its content: visual, verbal, auditory, olfactory, tactile, gustatory, or kinest [..]

The use of mental images produced by the imagination as a form of psychotherapy. It can be classified by the modality of its content: visual, verbal, auditory, olfactory, tactile, gustatory, or kinest [..]

A technique in which the person focuses on positive images in his or her mind.

the images collected and used in a written work to add to the ambiance; language used by a writer that causes readers to imagine pictures in their minds, which gives them a mental image of the people, [..]

The use of vivid language to create mental images of objects, actions, or ideas.

  Rhetorical images. Figurative descriptions or illustrations using metaphors, similes, or other methods of description. See also FIGURE OF SPEECH   METAPHOR  SIMILE

The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects. Imitation work. Images in general, or en masse. (figuratively) Unreal show; imitation; appearance. The work of the imag [..]

Technique in which people focus on positive images in their mind.

Imagery is all of the pictures and sensations a piece of writing conjures up in your noggin. Imagery is the key to literature—especially poetry. If you're reading a description that engages any o [..]

in mental life, the collective representation of mental images or depictions of anything either perceived (perceptual imagery) or, if not actually present as a sensory stimulus, recognized in memory ( [..]