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GCSE English Language · key term
An association or suggested meaning of a word beyond its literal meaning.
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An association or suggested meaning of a word, understood in its context.
Revise: Analysing languageConnotation in this scene: the woman seems powerless beside the industrial machinery.
An association or suggestion carried by a word beyond its literal meaning.
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An association or additional meaning suggested by a word in its context.
The associations or feelings suggested by a word beyond its literal meaning.
An association or additional meaning suggested by a word beyond its literal meaning.
An idea or association suggested by a word beyond its basic literal meaning.
Paper 1, Paper 2
An association or suggested meaning carried by a word or phrase in its context.
Revise: Analysing languageA word’s denotation is its literal meaning; its connotations are the associations it carries. Both matter. A useful analysis moves from what a word means to what it suggests here.
An idea or association suggested by a word beyond its literal meaning.
An association or feeling suggested by a word beyond its literal meaning.
Paper 1, Paper 2
An association or suggestion carried by a word beyond its literal meaning.
Revise: Analysing languageA word’s denotation is its literal meaning; its connotations are its associations. These associations must fit the context. ‘Strength’, for example, could suggest muscular power, but Sandow explicitly gives it a wider meaning that includes health and well-being.
An idea or association suggested by a word beyond its literal meaning.
Paper 1, Paper 2
An association or suggestion carried by a word beyond its literal meaning; the context determines which associations are relevant.
Revise: Analysing languageA useful starting point is the difference between a word's literal meaning and its connotations: the associations it carries in this context. For example, describing a person as goods does more than suggest that they are being moved. It can suggest that they have lost control and are being treated as an object.
An associated idea or feeling suggested by a word beyond its literal meaning.
An idea or association suggested by a word beyond its literal meaning.
An association or suggestion carried by a word beyond its literal meaning.
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Revise: Analysing languageWords have literal meanings and connotations: associations they bring with them. ‘Walked’, ‘marched’ and ‘crept’ all describe movement, but they suggest different attitudes. ‘Marched’ might suggest purpose or determination; ‘crept’ might suggest caution or secrecy.
The associations or suggested meanings of a word beyond its literal meaning.
An association or suggestion carried by a word beyond its basic meaning.
An association or suggestion carried by a word beyond its literal meaning; for example, ‘trudged’ suggests effort or weariness.
An association or suggestion carried by a word beyond its literal meaning.
