This lesson is about how words can have emotional connections for readers. Connotation and denotation are a part of language, and knowing about them can help you understand not only the author's purpose, but also the author's attitude about what is written.

Concepts

author's purpose, connotation, denotation

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Additional Tags

author's attitude, denotation and connotation (english ii reading), texas gateway, texas gateway: denotation and connotation (english ii reading), denotation and connotation

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
• The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice

Common Core

RH.11-12.4 RI.11-12.4 RL.11-12.4 RL.9-10.4 RI.9-10.4