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The document is about denotation versus connotation in the English language. It explains that denotation is a word's literal meaning while connotation encompasses the positive or negative feelings associated with a word. To illustrate this distinction

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Denotation and Connation Grd. 11

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Mona High School

English Language
Denotation and Connotation

Connotation and Denotation are two principal methods of describing the meanings of words.
Connotation refers to the wide array of positive and negative associations that most words
naturally carry with them, whereas denotation is the precise, literal definition of a word that
might be found in a dictionary.

Activity: Words with similar dictionary meanings often have different connotations, so it is
important for a writer to choose words carefully. Consider the following table. Each row
contains a list of words with similar dictionary meanings but different shades of feeling.
Complete the table below by providing the meaning of the words and the positive and
negative connotation of each words. One is already done for you.

Word Denotation Connotation Connation


(positive) (negative)
1. Inactive Not engaging in or Relaxed Lazy, lethargic
involving any or
much physical
activity.
2. curious Eager to know Interested Prying
or learn
something
3. proud Showing a high pride arrogant
or excessively
high opinion of
oneself
4. persistent Continuing determined stubborn
firmly or
obstinately in an
opinion or
course of action
in spite of
difficulty or
oppposition
5. reserved slow to reveal timid cold
emotion or
opinions
6. conservative averse to change traditional unprogressive
or innovation
and holding
traditional
values
7. mysterious difficult or unexplainable weird/ strange
impossible to
understand,expl
ain or identify.
8. smile a facial twinkle smirk
expression in
which the eyes
brighten and the
corners of the
mouth curve
slightly upward
and expresses
amusement or
pleasure
9. saving preventing waste employ stingy
of a particular
resource.
10. selective tending to meticulous picky
choose carefully
11. tenacious tending to keep adhesive clinging
a firm hold of
something
12. broke having little or impoverished poor
no money
13. odor a distinctive fragrance funky
smell
14. dog mammal that an canine mutt
acute sense of
smell, non
retractable claws
and a barking
voice.
15. rich having a great wealthy minted
deal of money
16. hot having a high summery scorching
degree of heat

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