Imagery and Figurative Language

At first, I thought imagery was the things you see around you, but I learned that this was wrong. Actually, imagery is language that appeals to the five senses. I also learned about figurative language. I used to think figurative language was language in the shape of a a figure, but I learned that figurative language is the way words or phrases the describe one thing in terms of another and is not meant to be understood on a literal level. The three main types of figurative language are simile, metaphor, and personification.