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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What Is the denotative and connotative

OpenStudy (hazelluv99):

Denotation refers to the literal meaning of a word, the "dictionary definition."¨ and connotative is : the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes

DivineSolar (divinesolar):

@Amayaarlene16 Denotation refers to the literal meaning of a word, the "dictionary definition."¨ For example, if you look up the word snake in a dictionary, you will discover that one of its denotative meanings is "any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles. And connotation is an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. Medal if this helped please (if you do not know how to you click the button that says best response which is to the right of my name)

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