Legacies

items passed down from ancestors

Medium

a way of communicating

tempo

the rate of speed or flow

tone

expresses a mood or emotion

figurative language

words or phrase not meant to be interpreted literally

metaphor

comparing two things by saying it IS something

allusion

to refer to something without mentioning it directly

catalyst

the cause of something

omnipotent

having unlimited power

contraband

an illegal and usually dangerous item

loiter

to stand around with no purpose

wafting

to pass easily through the air

dethroned

to remove a something from authority or power

connotation

an idea or feeling that a word makes a reader feel, undertone, the feeling a writer creates through their word choice

impede

to get in the way of

Harlem Renaissance

a blossoming of African American culture in the arts (c. 1918-1937)