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    Physical therapy has a very negative connotation maybe because of the requirement of exercise‚ that not many people like to do‚ or the amount of pain that can go along with it. In spite of the connotation it is a very positive necessity in life. Everybody’s goal when they start physical therapy is to get back in the same shape they were before the injury or better. It is treatment that can be really beneficial in the long run. As you get older so many things start to get tighter or ache‚ but if

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    Christopher Reeve is an actor who has become paralyzed and is at the democratic national convention to talk about the importance of passing the American Disabilities Act. He uses connotative diction to help the listeners understand his point of helping disabled people as a nation. For example‚ Reeve speaks about family values. He says that this nation is one giant family and explains the family needs to help family. He says that every person‚ no matter their “type”‚ has value. In paragraph 1 he

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    Using Denotative and Connotative Meanings The Lesson Activities will help you meet these educational goals: 21st Century Skills—You will apply use critical thinking and problem solving skills‚ collaborate with others‚ and communicate effectively. Directions Please save this document before you begin working on the assignment. Type your answers directly in the document. _________________________________________________________________________ Self-Checked Activities Read the instructions for the

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    In “The Use of Force” Williams shows us the variety of emotions felt by a doctor during a house call. Williams uses situational irony and connotative language to convey a conflict that he faces with diagnosing a child. Despite the fact that her parents and the doctor make and attempt to reason with the girl‚ she continues to defy them in their efforts to help her. Williams illustrates the true definition of what makes someone a hero. The fact that the doctor is determined to help the young girl‚

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    National Convention‚ he showed great importance through his words on passing the Americans with Disabilities Act. The main words that connected with the audience throughout his speech were family‚ values‚ and dreams. Firstly‚ the word family shows connotative diction because Reeve sees that all of us in this nation are‚ metaphorically speaking‚ brothers and sisters. In paragraph two of his speech he says‚ ?... if America is really a family‚ then we have to recognize that many members of our

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    at the Kitchen Table Connotative and denotative meanings of words and phrases are the backbone for African American literature. In “I‚ Too” by Langston Hughes‚ Hughes uses words and phrases that have a deeper underlying meaning than what they appear to be. With his work focused on the equality of blacks in early America it makes it easier to pull out the words and phrases that have these subliminal meanings. The tones in “I‚ Too” can be established by seeking the connotative meanings of certain words

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    stronger emotion than if you were to just see definition two‚ but there is really no difference between the two. Both definitions match my definition of the term hate‚ which is‚ a strong negative emotion towards an object‚ person or subject. The connotative definition of hate is very similar if not the same as denotative. A couple of definitions in the urban dictionary are‚ “A special kind of love given to the people that suck‚” “when you dislike someone so much that if you and the other person were

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    In literature the connotative meanings associated with the colour green are as wide and varied as they are interesting. To the Latin‚ Greek‚ and Old English poets green is usually associated with nature‚ vitality‚ and ripeness‚ but Homer did juxtapose the colour beside ideas concerning fright and fear; it therefore usually possesses a positive connotation which is usually associated with earthly elements or forces‚ but it can also connote fear‚ dread‚ and sin. The famous green sash adopted by Gawain

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    that this poem is far from a friendly dance but a more sinister aspect of this waltz which unveils an unsettling emotion under the surface of this poem. Imagery is used by the speaker to contrast fear-provoking images with reassuring ones. The connotative meanings of the title are apparent through these devices. The reader may presume that the speaker in "My Papa ’s Waltz" is a child or a man reminiscing about his youth through the simple level of vocabulary used. "Could not unfrown itself"‚ unfrown

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    and Breath‚ And what Thou art may never be destroyed. Analysis Connotative words: • First stanza In the second line‚ storm-troubled has negative connotative meaning. Denotative meaning from storm is an extreme weather condition with very strong wind‚ heavy rain‚ and lighting; and the denotative meaning of trouble is to cause someone to have a problems or difficulties. The word storm-troubled is a compound verb that has connotative meaning an activity of destroying something with the powerful energy

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