Maya angelou uses vivid language and dialogue in her memoir to her readers from a mental picture of life in stamps. which literary element makes the piece more realistic?

Vivid language in a memoir is key because dialogue, in memoirs, is often made up. A memoir is just the remaking of a memory that you have in the form of a tale. So vivid language is very important to make sure that every detail is remembered.

It would be if there was a picture !