Connotation and Denotation

1. MEANING CONSTRUCTION

2. Denotation: The actual dictionary definition of a word.

3. Connotation: Emotional and imaginative association a word; the meaning given to a word through its use in a society or culture.

4. SNAKE

5. DENOTATIVE MEANING • Reptile • Any of the numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptile. •Animal

6. CONNOTATIVE MEANING • evil • danger • traitor • deception • death

7. ROSE

8. DENOTATIVE MEANING • Flower

9. CONNOTATIVE MEANING •Love •Beauty •Desire or lustful passion •Harmful

10. APPLE

11. DENOTATIVE MEANING • fruit

12. CONNOTATIVE MEANING • Seduction • Sweetness • Love • Unfaithful love • Temptation

13. CROCODILE

14. DENOTATIVE MEANING • Reptile animal

15. CONNOTATIVE MEANING •Harmful •Death •Corrupt •Strong •Greed

16. MOTHER

17. DENOTATIVE MEANING • A woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth. • Female parent

18. CONNOTATIVE MEANING •Love •Security •Care •Nun or Mother Theresa •Your own mother

19. GIVE THE CONNOTATION AND DENOTATION OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS.

20. WORDS DENOTATIVE CONNOTATIVE 1. DOVE 2. TEACHER 3. CHILD 4. COMPUTER 5. EYES

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