Imagery and symbolism are two literary devices that sound kind of similar because they both use images to communicate with the reader. When your reader begins to feel like they’re a part of the world of your story, that’s when they start to invest in the characters, events, and big picture themes that you’re working to communicate through your writing. Sound, smell, taste, touch, and movement all help to create vibrant scenes that make the reader feel as if they were there. You can create imagery that activates all of the reader’s senses, not just the visual sense. This can be used to give context to the events of your story, to immerse your reader in an unfamiliar setting, to communicate mood and tone for a particular scene, or to create an emotional response in your reader. Imagery is a literary device that uses descriptive language to create a mental snapshot for the reader. Imagery is what brings your story from the distant somewhere else into the here and now. These literary devices are all super important for creating a work that people love to read, but often what really draws in a reader is imagery the vivid way in which we show the reader the world of our story. What pulls a reader into a story? Is it strong, relatable characters? Fantastic settings? Or is it a deep, universal theme that hits your reader on a visceral level?
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