In This Lesson I Learned That Denotation. Identify the principal methods of describing the meaning of a word used in the sentence. Lesson 5 denotation and conotation.
Keep the brain dump displayed throughout the lesson and add to it as other questions arise. Denotation is a contrast to connotation which is the associated meaning of a word. Differentiate connotation and denotation.
Good writers choose their words for the effects they have upon their readers.
Connotation and denotation denotation is when you mean what you say literally. Word choice is also a clue to the writer s attitude toward his her subject. The denotation of a word gives the word s exact meaning while the connotation of a word gives the word s emotional meaning. Connotation and denotation denotation is when you mean what you say literally.