Using imagery in writing helps the readers gain knowledge of the setting and have a picture of what is being described and have a better grasp about what is being explained. For example, in Cloudy Day by Jimmy Santiago Baca it states, “the tower like a cornstalk, and snap it from its root of rock.” In addition the poem Wood-pile by Robert Frost it says, “Out walking in the frozen swamp on a grey day.” Both of these poems give descriptive words to help the reader picture the setting of the story that is being told. Lastly, in the novel The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald it uses a lot of imagery to help with the plot of the story such as, “the interior was unprosperous and bare, the only car visible was the dust-colored wreck of a Ford which
