Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Denotation and Connotation (English I Reading)
This lesson focuses on denotation and connotation including the abilty to distinguish words according to their emotional or cultural meaning. Your ability to do so can help you understand the author's purpose or more about a character in...
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Fu Jen Univ.: Poetic Elements: Denotation and Connotation: Figures of Speech
This site gives short definitions of the terms denotation and connotation. Also gives definitions for many figures of speech. Finally, includes discussion and study questions for a few poems at the bottom of the page. L.11-12.5b Nuance
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Denotation and Connotation (English Ii Reading)
This lesson is about how words can have emotional connections for readers. Connotation and denotation are a part of language, and knowing about them can help you understand not only the author's purpose, but also the author's attitude...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Denotation and Connotation (English I Reading)
Distinguish between the denotative (dictionary) meaning of a word and its connotative (emotions or associations that are implied rather than literal) meaning. L.9-10.5b nuances
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Denotation and Connotation (English Ii Reading)
You will be able to distinguish between the denotative (dictionary) meaning of a word and its connotative (emotions or associations that are implied rather than literal) meaning. L.9-10.5b nuances
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Avalanche, Aztek, or Bravada? A Connotation Minilesson
Interesting lesson which stresses the importance of connotation in writing by examining car names. Students participate in an interactive lesson in which they learn the value of connotation and begin to master the technique.
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The University of Wales: Semiotics for Beginners
Click on Denotation, Connotation, and Myth. A discourse in the use of "denotation" and "connotation" as they refer to semiotics and cultural myths.
TES Global
Blendspace: Connotation/denotation
Work through links to activities, assessments, websites, and videos to learn about connotation and denotation.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Connotation: Lesson 2
This lesson introduces connotation and provides examples. It is 2 of 3 in the series titled "Connotation."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Evaluating the Connotation
This lesson focuses on evaluating the connotation of a vocabulary word. It defines connotation and gives an example. It details three steps: read the word in context, determine the tone of the overall reading, and compare the tone with...
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Ed Sitement! "Shooting an Elephant": George Orwell's Essay on His Life in Burma
This site shares a PDF activity for students to organize connotative and denotative meanings. Students will read "Shooting an Elephant" and then complete the chart with explanations of the denotative and connotative meanings. L.11-12.5b...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Determining Denotation
This lesson explains how to determine the denotation of words; it defines denotation and offers a plan of action: look up the word in the dictionary, read all meanings paying attention to parts of speech, and compare each of these...
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Connotation and Denotation
This site provides a brief explanation of the distinction between "denotation" and "connotation."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Connotation: Lesson 3
This lesson introduces connotation and provides examples. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Connotation."
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Connotation
This is a glossary entry for the term "Connotation" including the definition and an example.
Quia
Quia: Connotation and Denotation
Read a sentence and determine which word carries the most positive or negative connotation to fill in the blanks in this 18-question quiz.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Literary Text: Diction and Tone
This lesson deals primarily with diction and tone and how to recognize them in your reading. Tone is largely determined by diction or the word choices a writer makes. The process of choosing the right word involves denotation and...
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Commonly Confused Words: Connote / Denote
This entry focuses on the commonly confused words connote and denote including providing an explanation, examples, and a link to a quiz/exercise.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Connotation and Denotation: Lesson 2
This lesson discusses the difference between connotation and denotation. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Connotation and Denotation." L.11-12.5b Nuance
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Connotation and Denotation
This lesson discusses connotation and denotation; it defines each and provides examples showing how words can have very similar denotations but very different connotations. This information is offered in text and audio.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Denotation
This lesson introduces denotation and provides examples. L.11-12.5b Nuance
Other
Visual Thesaurus: Shades of Meaning
In this lesson, small groups of students will compete in a "shades of meaning" contest to see which group can use the Visual Thesaurus to help them match words with similar definitions but different connotations in the shortest amount of...
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Denotation
Brief definition of the term denotation provided. Several examples given and a link to the term connotation provided.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Denotation: Lesson 3
This lesson introduces denotation and provides examples. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Denotation." CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.R.4, L.9-10.5b nuances, L.11-12.5b Nuance
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