Denotation & Connotation

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Denotation & Connotation:

ANTICPATION GUIDE:1. What is the denotation of a word?

2. What is the connotation of a word?

Denotation & Connotation:

Cornell Notes:TERM NOTES:

1. Denotation:

2. Connotation:

A word’s specific dictionary definition meaning.

Here are a few examples:Word: Denotation:Scholarly learnedGrasping overly eager for material gainTravel make a journey

tone—the emotion or associations it normally arouses in people using, hearing, or reading it.

Denotation & Connotation:

TERM: NOTES:

2. Connotation (continued)

The connotation of a word may be favorable (positive) or unfavorable (negative). A word that does not normally arouse strong feelings of any kind has a neutral connotation.

Word: Connotation:scholarly favorablegrasping unfavorable travel neutral

Denotation & Connotation:

• Exercise: Label the connotation of each of the following words F for favorable, U for unfavorable, or N for neutral.

1. Conceited ____2. Parallel ____3. Valiant ____4. Exerpt ____5. Shiftless ____