Denotative and Connotative !! help !!

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Hi everyone !!

I need 20 sentences using Denotative and Connotative 10 for each , I want to describe my room , my car , my living room ........etc without telling the reader what is the location !!

I have tried but I couldn't !!!!!

please help !!

thanks !!!!!!!!

Yankee · Accepted Answer

Hi Starfish

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For now, let's look at a very basic step in this assignment.

Step #1:
Do you know what the words denotative and connotative mean? What's the difference?

Starfish84 · Answer

yes I do , Denotative is more specific  and connotative is more general !

Yankee · Answer

Hi Starfish

OK, I'd say that's only sort of right -- and that's one reason you're having trouble.

Denotative is specific and direct, and connotative would imply certain information, such as your feelings and emotions.

Thus, a denotative sentence about your bedroom might be similar to a dictionary definition. For example:
- One of the pieces of furniture in this room is my bed.

A connotative sentence might mention things like cuddly blankets or maybe even "counting sheep", for example.

CalifJim · Answer

starfish84Denotative is more specific and connotative is more general

Yes, but "chair" is more specific and "furniture" is more general, but that doesn't make "chair" denotative and "furniture" connotative, does it?

CJ

Avangi · Answer

As I see it, it's not that some words are connotative and some are denotative.

It's more that each word has a denotative meaning, which is its dictionary meaning; and it also has a connotative meaning, which is the kind of feeling it might evoke in a poem.
"The woods are lovely, dark and deep." If you look up the meanings of "dark" and "deep" they will have very little to do with the feeling you get when you come to this line in the poem. It's the stuff that comes mainly from living with the language for awhile.

Best wishes, - A.

Edit. I'm not sure of the meaning of your instructions. What exactly do you mean by not telling the reader the location of your car or your room?

I should think perhaps the denotative (specific, as you say) sentences would pin down the details, such as "location."

For the connotative sentences, do you mean you're supposed to describe a car without actually mentioning any of the real names of the things which you're trying to describe - for instance, you're not allowed to say "car," or "wheel," or "fender," or "motor," or "window," or "seat"?

If this is true, it's a really hard assignment. I think it would take me all night to write five such sentences, and I'm a native speaker.

I'm thinking of the poem we read in highschool when this distinction first came to my attention:

We are the hollow men, we are the stuffed men, leaning together, headpiece filled with straw/ Alas, our dry voices when we whisper together are quiet and meaningless, as wind through dry grass, or rats feet over broken glass in our dry cellar.

Starting with the word "straw," these words are so $@&#!! dry I can hardly read them aloud without getting choked up. Some of this effect may be "onomatopoeic," but I'd say most of it is "connotative."

Anonymous · Answer

no

Avangi · Answer

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Anonymous · Answer

ill give you one example for that
Denotative: The cat caught the rat (an animal)
Connotative: That girl is a cat (quarrelsome)

Anonymous · Answer

hi im miku

denotative and connotative means :

denotative=dictionary meaning
connotative=depends on the use of the speaker.

ex. tart
denotative = sweet dish
connotative = a loose woman

Anonymous · Answer

bob CalifJimstarfish84Denotative is more specific and connotative is more general Yes, but "chair" is more specific and "furniture" is more general, but that doesn't make "chair" denotative and "furniture" connotative, does it?CJ

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