The author's words painted vivid pictures in her imagination.

Meaning: This means that she was able to clearly visualize the scenes and events described in the book.

Choice of Words: Painted means to cover something with paint or to create a picture using paint. Vivid means bright, intense, or lifelike. Pictures are images or representations of something. Imagination is the ability to form mental images or ideas of things that are not present. When you put them together, it means that the author's words created clear and lifelike images in her mind.

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