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Understanding Academic Vocabulary: Connotation vs. Denotation

Learn the distinction between the cultural or emotional associations (connotation) and explicit meanings (denotation) of words with examples and a helpful video. Explore how connotation impacts perceptions. Improve your vocabulary skills today!

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Understanding Academic Vocabulary: Connotation vs. Denotation

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  1. What is Academic Vocabulary?

  2. Connotation/Denotation Critique/Infer Argue/PersuadeAntonym/Synonym Justify/Evaluate Compare/Contrast Analysis/SynthesisConnotation/Denotation Critique/Infer Argue/PersuadeAntonym/Synonym Justify/Evaluate Compare/Contrast Analysis/Synthesis

  3. Connotation: a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that a word or phrase carries, in addition to the word’s or phrase’s literal meaning, which is its denotation. Connotation = implicit meaning Denotation = explicit meaning Connotation vs. Denotation

  4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ3LE5hD96A

  5. Bob is very careful with his money. He saves more than he spends and only buys what he needs. • How would you describe Bob? • Positive connotation: Bob is thrifty and economical. • Negative connotation: Bob is cheap and stingy.

  6. Confident • Slender • Childlike • Innocent • Simple • Elderly • Shy • Opinionated • Intellectual • Assertive • Arrogant • Skinny • Childish • Naïve It depends on how you look at things…

  7. “The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” —Mark Twain

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