understand what the preacher is saying. For this reason cross-references will also be included into our definition of word picture. Our working definition of a word picture will be any word, phrase, story, analogy, illustration, metaphor, figure of speech, trope, allegory, graphic quotation, historical reference, cross-reference, or comparison used to help the listener, see, imagine, experience, sense, understand, remember and/or relate to abstract facts. From this point on, remember that the term ‘word picture’