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    words with different connotations and denotations. Connotations are the sets of ideas associated with a word in addition to its explicit meaning. An example of a connotation is "The huts of Caroline". It's not the figurative meaning but its actual meaning the homes in Carolina. The people in the Carolinas will be freed from their slavery. Denotations are the dictionary definition of a word, independent of other associations a word may have. An example of a denotation is "With the triumphs of the free"

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    Question 1 When it comes to the meaning of words we can view them in two levels, denotation and connotation. Denotation is basically the word’s literal meaning. It is exactly what one can expect and understand from the description out of a dictionary and is considered concrete and tangible as it is the closest of an objective description of reality. Connotation on the other hand is much more complex and abstract as it can involved multiple factors such as personal or cultural experiences and values

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    Denotation and connotation are literary devices that are incorporated throughout Rich’s poem. Denotation is the more literal meaning of a word, were connotation is a suggested or imaginative meaning of a word. A more relatable example where denotation and connotation is used is when someone implies the word “home.” The denotative meaning of the word “home” would be the particular name of a structure. The connotative use of the word “home” could mean a place of affection, comfort and peace. Just

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    1. The Denotations and Connotations of the Word "Creep". The denotative meaning of the word "creep" is a slow, quiet and unnoticeable moving. It synonymizes with the word "crawl", and means moving close to the ground like a snake or a person on hands and knees. The other meaning of the word is to grovel, i.e., to act in servile manner. The connotation of the word "creep" is to sneak or steal up. What sneaks up? The word "creep" relates to the days. People hope that their dreams come true in the

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    Denotation In Poetry

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    the ones she does use. In “Five A.M.”, the speaker is taking a walk around his neighborhood in the early hours of the morning. The use of denotation in the phrase

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    Denotation Of Poverty

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    Poverty The dictionary denotation of poverty is “the state of being extremely poor.” Poverty is an issue that affects the world and has had a drastic effect on the United States. In fact, the 2015 poverty statistics from the United States Census Bureau show that “13.5 percent of US citizens (or 4.3 million people) [are] living in poverty.” This staggering amount can seem almost insurmountable. Another issue with poverty is the children who live in it can’t find a way out of it. They are born into

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    of literary elements such as personification and various types of rhyme. In “Sonnet 138” the author writes the sonnet in iambic pentameter and writes in an ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG rhyme scheme. The narrator also includes examples of connotation and denotation to help change the meaning of the poem. Throughout the sonnet the author obviously is an older man than the younger woman that he is dating. The younger woman talks to the speaker with lies. Even though that the speaker knows that they are lies

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    Denotation is the primary meaning of a word. In contrast connotation is an additional idea to the primary meaning. Hitselberger dislikes the world “fighting” by it’s connotation meaning. The denotation meaning of the word “fighting” is the act of responding with violence to a conflict. In this article, there were two connotation definitions of “fighting” one is fighting against yourself due to something you dislike about who you are, not a physical fight but a mental challenge. The second meaning

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    Ideological Analysis Of Old Spice Advertising Beginning in 2010, Old Spice, an American brand of male grooming products, launched a new advertising campaign. Referred to as “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” the Old Spice advertising campaign was originally intended to be a single use concept to promote a specific product. However, widespread success of the original 30 second television commercial lead to the launch of multiple variations of the advertisement across multiple media. The campaign

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    Today, teenagers like us are rarely alone. We are under pressure to be online and available at all times, talking, messaging, liking, commenting, sharing, posting - it never ends. Never before have we been so connected, so continuously, so instantaneously, so young. There’s simply no privacy, and the social pressures that go along with that are relentless. This always-on environment is training us to value ourselves based on the number of likes we get and the types of comments that we receive. There’s

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