Denotative Vs. Connotative
http://www.csun.edu/~bashforth/098_PDF/06Sep15Connotation_Denotation.pdf
This link did a
really good job of helping me understand how different ways of saying the same
thing can evoke different emotions in the reader. One example used in this text
is the difference between “cheap” and “inexpensive.” There are learning exercises
in the text as well.
An example of
connotation in a poem is:
“Mending Wall” by Robert Frost
And
on a day we meet to walk the line
And set the wall between us once again.
We keep the wall between us as we go.
To each the boulders that have fallen to each.
And set the wall between us once again.
We keep the wall between us as we go.
To each the boulders that have fallen to each.
Hi Alanna,
ReplyDeleteI have had trouble differentiating these as well, this helped, thank you!
Yes, we have the wall as structure and the wall as an emotional barrier we put up.
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