Connotation and Denotation
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The document discusses the difference between the denotative and connotative meanings of words. Denotation refers to the literal or dictionary definition, while connotation refers to the implied cultural or emotional associations. Examples are given of words like snake, rose, and apple and how their denotative definitions differ from the concepts they connote, such as danger, love, and temptation. The document concludes by asking the reader to provide the denotative and connotative meanings for the words dove, teacher, child, computer, and eyes.
Connotation and Denotation
- 2. Denotation: The actual dictionary definition of a word.
- 3. Connotation: Emotional and imaginative association a word; the meaning given to a word through its use in a society or culture.
- 4. SNAKE
- 5. DENOTATIVE MEANING • Reptile • Any of the numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptile. •Animal
- 6. CONNOTATIVE MEANING • evil • danger • traitor • deception • death
- 7. ROSE
- 9. CONNOTATIVE MEANING •Love •Beauty •Desire or lustful passion •Harmful
- 10. APPLE
- 12. CONNOTATIVE MEANING • Seduction • Sweetness • Love • Unfaithful love • Temptation
- 13. CROCODILE
- 14. DENOTATIVE MEANING • Reptile animal
- 16. MOTHER
- 17. DENOTATIVE MEANING • A woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth. • Female parent
- 18. CONNOTATIVE MEANING •Love •Security •Care •Nun or Mother Theresa •Your own mother
- 19. GIVE THE CONNOTATION AND DENOTATION OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS.
- 20. WORDS DENOTATIVE CONNOTATIVE 1. DOVE 2. TEACHER 3. CHILD 4. COMPUTER 5. EYES