Vocabulary week 4 ap lit

Imagery

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.

Symbol

An object, character, setting, action, or image that represents a larger idea or meaning.

Allegory

A narrative in which characters, events, and details consistently represent broader abstract ideas.

Allusion

An indirect reference to a recognizable person, event, text, myth, or cultural idea.

Connotation

The emotional, cultural, or associative meaning attached to a word beyond its literal definition.

Acrimonious

Bitter, hostile, or filled with resentment.

Desolate

Empty, abandoned, lonely, or emotionally bleak.

Foreboding

Suggesting that something bad or significant may happen.

Lamentable

Deserving regret, sorrow, or criticism.

Ominous

Suggesting that something threatening or unpleasant may occur.