The document provides an overview of key concepts for successful writing including: - Denotation refers to the literal or dictionary definition of a word, while connotation refers to the subjective cultural or emotional associations of a word. - Words can have the same denotation but different connotations or affective meanings revealing the writer's attitude. - Collocation refers to common combinations of words in sentences. - False friends are words that look or sound similar but have different meanings, which can cause confusion if not understood. - Various exercises are provided to practice distinguishing denotation from connotation, identifying affective meanings, filling in collocations, and avoiding false friends.

1. Successful Writing Welcome!

2. Unit 1 Denotative Meanings Connotative Meanings Affective and Collacative Meanings False Friends Subject Verb Agreements Writing a simple note

3. 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 .

4. 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).

5. Denotation and Connotation Exercises on page 2 Classroom Activities on page 2 & 3

6. 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)

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

8. 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

9. 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

10. Homework Write a correct story using the false friends found on page 6 Homework will be submitted next class