1. The Meanings of Words

2. The strict dictionary meaning of a word
Denotation
The strict dictionary meaning of a word

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

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

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

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

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

8. 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.)

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

10. Connotation: RESIDENCE
COLD, NO FEELING

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