Denotation- Definition

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Denotation- Definition

• Refers to the literal meaning of a word, the
  "dictionary definition."

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Denotation - Monkey

• The denotation for monkey is any mammal of the
  order Primates, including the guenons, macaques,
  langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the
  anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and
  prosimians.

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Denotation - Snake

• The denotation for snake is any of numerous
  scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles
  having a long, tapering, cylindrical body and
  found in most tropical and temperate regions.

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Connotation - Definition

• The suggested or implied meanings associated with
  a word beyond its dictionary definition.
• The meaning that a word suggests or implies.
• A connotation includes the emotions or
  associations that surround a word.

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Connotation - Animal

• The connotation of calling someone an animal can
  be taken as telling them that they eat messy or
  have bad hygiene.

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Connotation - Monkey
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• When you are upset with someone and
  want to call him names, would you call him "a
  monkey?" To call an adult a monkey is usually an
  insult.
• Does the word connote racism, or can "calling
  someone a monkey" be construed as a racial slur
  against any particular racial group?
• To call a small child a monkey is usually a
  term of affection
• So the word monkey can have various connotation
  meanings.
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• The connotations for the word snake could
  includes the feelings of evil or danger.
• The word home is defined as where one lives but
  by connotation it also could mean safety,
  security, love and comfort or in other cases the
  opposite.