Transcript Denotation and Connotation PowerPoint

Wednesday Daily Edit
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given by himself but she still thought Cold Plays
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Wednesday Daily Edit
Rihanna thought she gave the best
performance, but she still thought Cold
Play’s show was incredible.
Poetry and the Importance of
Weird Words
8th Grade English
Weird words
Odd things, like a button drawer
So Why the Button Drawer?
It’s a way of saying that, in his journal, he’s got a
button drawer. Doesn’t really mean anything until
you think about what a button drawer is. It’s a place
to put odds and ends, full of stuff that used to be
important or relevant, but perhaps is not anymore.
It’s “just in case pieces”, it’s missing pieces.
What the heck?
Then why not just say “my journal is full of odds and
ends and missing pieces and pieces that used to
be important, but aren’t anymore”?
Because “button drawer” says all of that in just two
words
Take Notes: Connotation vs Denotation
Denotation: the literal meaning of a word
Connotation: the idea or feeling that a word
invokes in addition to its literal or primary
meaning
For example, the word “man”:
Denotation: an adult, human male
But let’s think of some other words that also
mean “man” but carry more connotations…
Write down the denotations for all of the
following words:
Monday
Weekend
Summer
Now write down the connotations for
each of those words
Monday
Weekend
Summer
“What’s in my Journal?”
So why does the author use such weird
words instead of saying what he might
literally mean?
“What’s in my Journal”
Circle all of the “weird words”:
“Odd things, like a button drawer. Mean
things, fishhooks, barbs in your hand.”
Homework
Record the connotations of all of the words
you circled. Be sure to include if those words
are positive or negative