And who cares?

 Denotation and connotation are common terms that are used to describe different types of meanings in literature.  MEANINGS= Meaning what is actually stated?/ What is being implied?  It is important.

 the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.  the exact meaning of the words or phrase.  the pink unicorn= is actually referring to a pink unicorn.

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning. something that is not stated or something that is not supposed to be exactly interpreted the way it is written. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day- (Sonnet 18, William Shakespeare) = You are BEAUTIFUL!!!

Denotative  “He said he reckoned a body could reform Pap with a shotgun, maybe, but no other way”.  “Taking it all around, we lived pretty high”. Connotative  The only way Pap would change is life, is if he had no life. He would need to be shot and die before his life would ever improve.  With all things being considered in Jim and Huck’s crazy world, they weren’t doing too bad.

 Ms. Orsini is lighting a fire underneath her butt in order to finish grading all of her papers.  Natalie cries out in disbelief when she finds out that she does not have to turn in another assignment for the rest of the year, and she will still receive an ‘A’.  Christian almost peed his pants when he heard the new One Direction song.  Harrison jumped forty feet in the air after hearing that his family had won the Super Lotto.