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Imagery In Wallace Stegner's The Sound Of Mountain Water

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As a literary device, imagery consists of visually descriptive or figurative language that can function as a way to help the reader better imagine the world the author is talking about. In Wallace Stegner’s “The Sound of Mountain Water”, Stegner uses different types of images to make his experience sound vivid and real. “Nouns are necessary, verbs are vital.” As Mr. Cervas discussed in class, “Verbs are full of animation and add life to writing.” Imagery uses movement with verbs. “Watch its racing current, its steady renewal of force: it is transient and and eternal. And listen again to its sounds: get far enough away so that the noise of falling tons of water does not stun the ears, and hear how much is going on underneath-- a whole symphony
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