Connotation and Denotation
The feeling that a word evokes.
What is connotation?
The author's attitude toward the topic.
What is tone?
compares two unlike things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
She as happy as a clam.
What is a simile?
John Smith’s economic improvement methods were like an executioner at a guillotine; he cut off funding with one quick sweep, leaving little time for the victimized party to contest.
What effect does the simile have on the character?
It helps the reader understand how _____ he is.
(brutal, uncaring, good at his job...)
The dictionary definition of a word.
What is denotation?
How the reader feels when reading a passage.
What is mood?
Compares two unlike things using the words like or as.
What is a simile?
The fall leaves danced in the wind as they were swept from the trees.
What is personification?
In the courtroom, Clarissa was a defenseless rabbit. She looked wide eyed and afraid, shook uncontrollably while on the stand, and cried when the prosecution began to question her.
How does the metaphor affect our understanding of the character?
It helps the reader understand how ______ she is.
(scared, nervous, terrified....)
Name the word with the positive connotation: arrogance or confidence.
What is confidence?
Mr. Jones, since you obviously know everything, wold you like to come up here and teach this class for me?
What is the tone?
a. sarcastic b. critical c. disrespectful
What is sarcastic?
Extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
I have a ton of homework!
What is hyperbole?
After I endured a long week at work, the beach invited me to come and enjoy its soft sand, cool breeze, and refreshing water.
What effect does the personification have on the sentence?
It helps me understand how ______ the beach is.
(comforting, relaxing, necessary....)
Name the word with the negative connotation: energetic or rambunctious.
What is rambunctious?
"During the whole of a dull, dark soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country..."
Name the tone.
What is sad, dreary, depressing....?
Giving human qualities to something that is not human.
What is personification?
Boom! The cannon fired to indicate the start of the battle.
What is onomatopoeia?
“I saw it throwing off its nightly clothing of mist, and here and there, by degrees, its soft ripples or its smooth reflecting surface was revealed, while the mists, like ghosts, were stealthily withdrawing in every direction into the woods, as at the breaking up of some nocturnal conventicle.”
A. It creates an image of peace and serenity.
B. It suggests an impression of fearful doubt.
C. It evokes a feeling of supernatural wonder.
D. It emphasizes a sense of great sadness.
Everyone in the office respects Casey because of her kind but _________ attitude. (Hint: She is respected so people like her.)
a. assertive b. bossy c. demanding
What is assertive?
Gently smiling, the mother tenderly tucked the covers around the child's neck and carefully left the room making sure to leave a comforting ray of light shine through the opened door should the child wake.
Pick two words that help set the tone:
a.gently b. mother c. covers d.comforting
What are gently and comforting?
The words don't mean exactly what the words say.
What is an idiom?
After skipping class, the kids knew they would be in hot water.
What is an idiom?
Make up your own simile and metaphor.
Student correctly uses simile and metaphor in a sentence.