Imagery In Literature Writers. Writers use imagery to help the audience experience literature rather than just read it. Examples and explanation.
In general however imagery fits into two big categories. Creating imagery that appeals to the senses is essential in placing the reader. Imagery allows the writer to use words to paint an image for readers as they enter the worlds created through words on a page.
All of a sudden we re transported to a thatched roof cottage with blazing embers crackling in the fire.
A reader needs to perceive what he is reading before he can understand it. With literal imagery a writer is literally describing things to the reader. A reader needs to perceive what he is reading before he can understand it. Imagery is best used in nature but it can also be used for describing inanimate objects.