Connotation-Denotation

First Name: Nicholas Chung Period: 4 School: Thomas Wootton High school

Definition #1: Connotation - The subjective cultural and/or emotional association that some word or phrase carries, in addition to the word or phrase's explicit or literal meaning. denotation **-** is the first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Source: Wikipedia [] []

Definition #2:

Connotation - the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning. denotation**-** the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression, as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it. Source: Dictionary.com [] []

Definition in your own "student friendly" words: Connotation - The implied meaning, or feeling that a word or phrase gives of. Denotation - the literal meaning of words or phrases. Link to example #1 (text, advertisement, video, speech, etc): "In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger" - President Kennedy's inaugural address

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2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example:

The connotation is that not many generations of people have had to defend freedom. The denotation comes from the word "granted", and it implies that it is an honor to be defending freedom. Significantly, Kennedy served as a president when there was still great tension between democracy and communism, and this qoute hints that Kennedy will not hesitate to do what is nessesary to defend freedom.

Link to example #2 (text, advertisement, video, speech, etc):

"One hundred years later, the life of the [African American] is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. One hundred years later, the [African American] lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity." - "I Have a Dream Speech" MLK []

2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: If this passage were to be taken literaly, it would not make much sence. However, the "manacles" and "chains" references the slavery that African Americans faced, and implies that even though African Americans are not facing slavery, they still suffer because they are being labeled as second class citiens. This concept is reinforced by for King's next phrase, about the "lonely island of poverty" references King's belief that even though Americans as a whole are becoming more affluent, the general black community remains poor.

First Name:Geneva Batista Period:4th School:Cesar Chavez capital hill

Definition #1:Commonly understood subjective cultural and or emotional Source:Wikipedia

Definition #2:indicate mean explicitly Source:Webster

Definition in your own "student friendly" words:Connotation is providing emotion for a specific word of different things and different meanings appealing to your feelings. Denotation is the definition of the word in the dictionary but in a more explicit way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIjkW6iyXNo 2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: This song is a good example because it delivers a great message appealing to ones emotions using words such as "don't worry about a thing because every little thing is going to be alright" this quote of the song uses strong ,positive connotation because it's commonly understood.

Link to example #2 (text, advertisement, video, speech, etc):Angela Davis Quote "Radical simply means grasping things at the root" 2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example:This is a great quote from Angela Davis because she is explaining how problems and things can be captured with extreme change and understanding the cause of the problem and the connotation of her words is direct getting to the main point of the situation.

First Name:Danny O'Neil Period:3 School:Thomas Wootton

Definition #1: Connotation-the associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning Denotation-the explicit or direct meaning or set of meanings of a word or expression,as distinguished from the ideas or meanings associated with it or suggested by it

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Connotation

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Denotation Definition #2:

Connotation-A **connotation** is 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] Denotation- an example of the first level of analysis: what the audience can visually see on a page. Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denotation

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connotation Definition in your own "student friendly" words: Denotation-The literal meaning of a word or phrase Connotation- A more complex analytical meaning of a word or phrase Link to example #1 (text, advertisement, video, speech, etc): http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/gettysburg.htm 2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: The quote above is the first line of the Gettysburg address by president Abraham Lincoln. The denotation of the line allows the reader to be inspired about what America was founded upon. The denotation of the speech is that he was not there to state how America was great but there to explain Americas faults and find a way to correct them. Link to example #2 (text, advertisement, video, speech, etc):
 * "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." -- **

"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;

I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him." http://shakespeare.mit.edu/julius_caesar/full.html 2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: Mark Anthony begins with asking his friends to lend him his ears which the reader would believe to be a joke of somekind. Though Anthony is really expressing to his peers to listen to him because he has important information to say.