Imagery : when figurative language (like metaphor or simile ) evokes as a kind mental image any of the five senses, we call this imagery . ... The speaker might instead have said, she is everything, but this is hardly poetic: no senses or expansive mental images are evoked.

What is considered figurative language?

Figurative language creates comparisons by linking the senses and the concrete to abstract ideas. Words or phrases are used in a non-literal way for particular effect, for example simile, metaphor, personification.

Can metaphor be imagery?

Understanding Metaphors. A metaphor is another form of imagery. A metaphor is a less direct way of comparing two things. Instead of using like or as, a metaphor says that one thing is another.