Connotation Explain the denotative and connotative meaning of cluttered

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Argus High School
English Lesson 14 Denotation/Connotation 2
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Word Analysis, Fluency, and Systematic Vocabulary
Development

• Denotation
• Connotation (2)

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• Reading Word Analysis
• More Denotation and Connotation
• FIRM FIRM
• Denotation - determined Connotation
  - unyielding

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• Good writers choose
• their words for the
• effects they have
• Upon their readers.
• Word choice is also
• a clue to the writers
• tone his/her
• attitude toward the
• subject.

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• They think about the denotation of
• a word, its dictionary meaning,
• and the connotation, the implied
• meanings and associations, when
• choosing words.

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• Denotation
• The literal,
• dictionary meaning of a word
• Connotation
• The attitude of a word
• The slang meaning of a word
• The common street meaning of a word

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• Here is a sample of a word that has
• denotative meaning and connotative
• associations
• Mary could not find the report
• on her desk because of all the
• clutter.
• Denotation
• untidy
• Connotation
• carries an association of trash and debris

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Now lets try one together When I came home, I
noticed the wreckage. (discuss the denotative
meaning)
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• The word wreckage can have two meanings.
• When I came home, I noticed the wreckage.
• Denotation
• the remains of a wreck debris
• (discuss the connotative meaning)

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• The word wreckage can have two meanings.
• When I came home, I noticed the wreckage.
• Connotation
• carries associations with car crash,
• hurricane damage and major destruction

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• Here are some words that have denotative and
  connotative meanings. On your paper, create a
  chart like the one below and identify the
  denotative and connotative meanings of the
  following words.

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• The word slithered can have two meanings.
• Hearing the shouts of his pursuers, the thief
• lay down in the tall grass and slithered
• down the hill.
• Denotation
• slid
• Connotation
• to sneak quietly away
• in order not to get caught,
• as in a snake

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• The word golden can have two meanings.
• Golden sunlight woke the child to a
• glorious morning.
• Denotation
• yellow
• Connotation
• rich, warm, inviting,
• positive

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• The word snickered can have two meanings.
• The audience snickered when the master of
• ceremonies introduced the guest of honor by
• the wrong name.
• Denotation
• chuckled
• Connotation
• to laugh at in a rude
• way, to ridicule
• someones mistake

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