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Definition: Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language in a literary work. It is also the pattern of images that run through a work.
Common Misspellings: Imagry
Examples:
Her essay on water imagery in Shakespeare's "Othello" explored possible interpretations for the symbol of water in the play.
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