Word Connotation Word connotation is what a word

Word Connotation Word connotation is what a word means to a large group of people.

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1960’s • Most people thought of beards as negative connotation • Unshaven hippie • Hippie – Someone who opposed war and the traditional values of society • Hippies wore long hair, used drugs, and protested against the government.

Strong Connotation Use Provides • Favorable impressions • Unfavorable impressions • A picture in the reader’s mind (Imagery)

What kind of picture or impression? Which words create a strong feeling? Five teenagers were loitering on the corner. As their raucous laughter cut through the air, we noticed their sloppy black leather jackets and their greasy dyed hair. They slouched against a building with cigarettes dangling contemptuously from their mouths.

What kind of picture or impression? Which word create a strong feeling? Five youngsters stood on the corner. As the joy of their laughter filled the air, we noticed their smooth loose-fitting jackets and the gleam of their colorful hair. They relaxed against a building smoking evenly on cigarettes that seemed almost natural in their serious young mouths.

Two accounts of the same situation • Who may have written the first? • Who may have written the second?

Euphemism Saying the same thing in a more positive way • “You are fired. ” Euphemism – “We’re downsizing” • “You are short!” Euphemism – “You are vertically challenged. ”

Try on using word connotation to describe: • A haunted house versus “the American Dream house” ****Please include three vocabulary words from Unit 10 in vocabulary book. • Homework: illustrate pictures to match your writing