1. Warm-Up Day :
“But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
― George Orwell, 1984
What does this quote mean?

2. WHAT & WHY
What: How is language expressive of culture? -today through the study of denotation and connotation Why: Because the careful selection of words impacts the tone of a text and therefore our response to it (mood)

4. The emotional and imaginative association surrounding a word
Connotation
The emotional and imaginative association surrounding a word

5. STRICT, LITERAL, DICTIONARY DEFINTION OF THE WORD
denotation
STRICT, LITERAL, DICTIONARY DEFINTION OF THE WORD

6. Purpose of Words
To label things
I live in a house.

7. Purpose of Words To express a point of view
You may live in a house, but we live in a home.

8. Positive Negative Point of View
We bought inexpensive souvenirs at the amusement park.
Negative
We bought cheap souvenirs at the amusement park.

9. House, Home, Residence, Dwelling
Denotation: These words all mean a place in which someone lives.

10. Connotation: RESIDENCE
COLD, NO FEELING

11. Connotation: HOME
cozy, loving, comfortable, security, images or feelings of people you associate with it.
It could also opposite -- depending upon a person’s experiences. (Traditionally, the connotation is “cozy, loving,” etc., and a reader should be aware of this and other connotations in a reading passage.)

12. Connotation: dwelling
Simple, cute, quaint, or primitive

13. Connotation: HOUSE the actual building or structure
It has a neutral connotation

14. Denotation Connotation Activity
In pairs complete the denotation and connotation worksheet you were given.

15. CLOSURE
How would you explain the denotation and connotation to someone who has never head the terms?