Connotation

is spoken of again and again may not be hate at all. In fact, though the speaker repeatedly states their hate for the subject of the poem, through the use of everyday scenarios, they may really be trying to portray the exact opposite. Through connotations associated with various words used throughout the poem along with the continued use of personification the reader begins to see a whole new relationship between the subject and the speaker. One of…

apprehensive is supported by the author’s use of connotation. The author writes that “my eyes burned” (115). Burned connotes the failure searing failure the protagonist encountered when he realized his dreams were not realistic (115). Burned conveys the failure the protagonist felt which supports the tone of apprehensive (115). The author uses the word blind end when describing the street at which the protagonists lives at (110). This suggests a connotation of blindness, ignorance, and denial…

In Marigolds by Eugenia W. Collier, the narrator expresses a blissful and ignorant tone about her life before the loss of innocence through the use of denotation and connotation. The narrator demonstrates bliss when she feels “nostalgia” reminiscing about her mixed childhood feelings that held “joy” and “gladness” (Paragraph 2). The denotation of “nostalgia” is a wistful desire to return to a former time in one’s life meaning that the narrator desires to return back to her childhood. More often…

deconstruction of the barriers created by bias connotations. However, it would also mean that feminist sociologists would have to determine who owns the right and agency in redefining “women”. Feminist Sociologists in the future would then be challenged of providing appropriate connotations of “women” to the general female community that everyone could come into a consensus with without any backlashes. Or from another perspective, it could mean that the connotations could be ever changing based…

Steven Pinker really reveals how important diction and word choice is when he stated: “The language we use influences the way we think.” Essentially this quotation says that language is a vital element to the readers understanding of tone and the overall context of any literature piece. This statement from Pinker really shows how language affects a reader understanding, the two authors John Muir and William Woodsworth do just that. Muir and Woodsworth both show an interesting bond with nature,…

is no doubt”. Now let's look at the definition of doubt, “a feeling of being uncertain or unsure about something.”. In our overly sensitive society, we as a general populous always lean toward a word with a more positive connotation rather than one with a more negative connotation. Even when these more “positive” words are not necessarily accurate, for example, the two very contradictory phrases defined above. The majority might lean more towards the certainty of certainty whereas others lean…

For example “Lapping their green-blue froth over grey / Transforming the boulders into sparkling black” (Rivera) the specific adjectives used to help emphasize the visual nature of the poem are “green-blue”, “grey”, and “sparkling black”. The connotation of the specific adjectives used to help emphasis the shape and form of the image. It also invokes the feeling of happiness due to this being a description of a happy childhood memory. It makes the reader connect to images of thoughts about warm…

In 1984, George Orwell uses negative connotations, strong verbs, and imagery strategies to build more interest in his writing for his audience. The story 1984 is very dark and negative, Orwell does a good job helping the audience see the negative side of everything in his story, seeing as though that’s the way he wanted it. Many people believe he wrote the book to inform people of our invasion of privacy with the new technology. He wanted his audience to know the world isn’t always happy. Orwell…

Watts. Luis J. Rodriguez effectively used connotation, syntax and imagery to make the reader emotionally aware and understanding about social injustices. The author uses syntax to inform the reader about the social injustices and the effect it had on the people involved. For example, “We dared each other. Laughed a little. Thought about it. Said, What’s the big deal. Thought about that. Decided we were men, not boys” (Rodriguez 6-12).…

Racial Profiling in New York Prisons In this short essay, I will talk about how rhetoric, connotation and denotation are used, as well as a few fallacies committed in, “The Stain of Racism in New York’s Prisons,” by the Editorial board at The New York Times. “The Stain of Racism in New York’s Prisons,” discusses the author’s opinion how Black and Latino men are discriminated against in the prisons of New York. They provide lots of evidence to support their opinion on the discrimination of Black…