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Unit 1
PART Ⅱ FOCUS
Denotation and Connotation
Suggested answer to the question
If it is your teacher, most probably you will choose b, as the word portly has an
implication of a more or less dignified and imposing appearance(e.g. an elderly
gentleman, large and portly). However, if it is a doorkeeper, an amiable middle-aged
woman, you may choose the word plump as it implies a pleasing fullness of figure
(e.g. the plump goddessesof Renaissancepaintings). From this exercise we can
conclude that words that share the same denotative meanings can be diverse in their
connotative meanings.
Reference for the Classroom Activities
1. father: the male parent. It connotes support and sternness; it also connotes
protection but in a serious fashion.
wildflower: uncultivated plant; it connotes vitality and pleasantness.
2.
Word Denotation Connotation Sentence
gold a precious yellow metal wealth, value, Silence is gold.
preciousness, etc
moon the natural body that tranquility, purity, There’s no point
moves around the earth something out of hoping for peace in the
once every 28 days reach, etc. country. It ’s like asking
for the moon.
ice water frozen so that it has coldness, The ice in his voice
become solid indifference, cruelty, was only to hide the
death, etc. pain.
blood red liquid flowing through family background, Blood is thicker than
the bodies of humans and descent, race, water.
animals
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