Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Denotations and Connotations

Denotations are a literal description of a object, concept or idea. For example, the denotation of the colour Red would be a particular wavelength of the electromagnetic spectrum. 

Connotations are what are associated with that same object, concept or idea. For example, the connotations of the colour red could be anger, violence, love, passion, blood heat etc.

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