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Denotation And
Connotation By: AlwaysLearning
©2012AlwaysLearning
DENOTATION
and
CONNOTATION
Denotation is the direct and explicit meaning of a word or set of words; it is the “dictionary definition. (D for dictionary!)
Connotation is the meaning of the word based on a shared emotional association; an idea or a feeling that a word brings above its literal meaning.
Meanings of the same word can be positive, negative, or neutral.
Work with your group to sort these words into the appropriate category (Positive, Negative, Neutral) on the chart paper provided. All the words are in a set of two or three (e.g. quiet, calm, meek). Use a dictionary if you're unsure of a word’s literal meaning:
dog fat weird skinny eerie
pushy starving cheap stubborn
riot overweight cook nag strange
assertive slender lady house
thrifty unique mutt demand determined
request hungry economical woman
thin chef horse protest home
ask steed shack rally
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Possible Answer Key (depends upon your perspective!):
Neutral Positive Negative
horse steed nag
dog mutt
economical thrifty cheap
thin slender skinny
cook chef
protest rally riot
hungry starving
assertive determined pushy; stubborn
house home shack
ask request demand
strange unique; eerie weird; eerie
woman lady lady
overweight fat
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