Successful Writing

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Unit 1

Denotative Meanings Connotative Meanings Affective and Collacative Meanings False Friends Subject Verb Agreements Writing a simple note

Denotation and Connotation

Denotation: this refers to the literal and primary meaning of a word—the definition that you would find in the dictionary

Connotation: this refers to a commonly understood subjective cultural and/or emotional association that some word or phrase carries, in addition to the word or phrase's explicit or literal meaning, which is its denotation.

Connotation

A connotation is frequently described as either positive or negative, with regards to its pleasing or displeasing emotional connection.

For example, a stubborn person may be described as being either strong-willed or pig-headed; although these have the same literal meaning (stubborn), strong-willed connotes admiration for the level of someone's will (a positive connotation), while pig-headed connotes frustration in dealing with someone (a negative connotation).

Denotation and Connotation

Exercises on page 2 Classroom Activities on page 2 & 3

Attitude

You can tell more about a sentence through the attitude that is being used

Words can be similar in denotative meanings but different in affective meanings (meanings that reveal different attitudes of the writer)

Classroom Activity

Single woman *bizarre Fossil *resolute Unique *senior citizen Stubborn *spinster Lick one’s boots Praise Flatter

Collocation

Collocation: the arrangement of words in a sentence

Fixed combination of words Exercise: Fill in the blanks on page 4 Work on the exercise on page 5 with a

partner

False Friends

False Friends are pair of words that are similar in appearance or pronunciation but different in meaning

We learn about false friends to avoid confusion

Read conversation on page 5 & discuss Activity on page 6 together

Homework

Write a correct story using the false friends found on page 6

Homework will be submitted next class