2. The emotional and imaginative association surrounding a word
Connotation
The emotional and imaginative association surrounding a word

3. STRICT, LITERAL, DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF THE WORD
denotation
STRICT, LITERAL, DICTIONARY DEFINITION OF THE WORD

4. Purpose of Words
To label things
I live in a house.

5. Purpose of Words To express a point of view
You may live in a house, but we live in a home.

6. Positive Negative Point of View
We bought inexpensive souvenirs at the amusement park.
Negative
We bought cheap souvenirs at the amusement park.

7. House, Home, Residence, Dwelling
Denotation: These words all mean a place in which someone lives.

8. Connotation: RESIDENCE
COLD, NO FEELING

9. Connotation: HOME
cozy, loving, comfortable, security, images or feelings of people you associate with it.
It could also opposite -- depending upon a person’s experiences. (Traditionally, the connotation is “cozy, loving,” etc., and a reader should be aware of this and other connotations in a reading passage.)

10. Connotation: dwelling
Simple, cute, quaint, or primitive

11. Connotation: HOUSE the actual building or structure
It has a neutral connotation

12. Denotation Connotation Activity
In pairs complete the denotation and connotation worksheet you were given.
Change the connotation, not the denotation.

13. CLOSURE
How would you explain the denotation and connotation to someone who has never head the terms?