Denotative and connotative meanings this activity will help you meet this educational goal: you will analyze context to distinguish between the denotative and connotative meanings of words. Directions
read the instructions for this self-checked activity. type in your response to each question, and check your answers. At the end of the activity, write a brief evaluation of your work.

Activity
in this activity, you will select either a fiction text or a nonfiction text. as you read, identify words that have connotative meaning. analyze the context clues and discuss the denotative and connotative meanings of the words you select.

FICION TEXT: “A THUNDERSTROM” BY EMILY DICKINSON

NON-FICION TEXT: “WHAT IS REQUIRED: THE PRICE AND THE PROMISE OF CITIZENSHIP” BY BARACK OBAMA (excerpt)

For years, women’s professional golf was all but ignored. women’s tournaments received very little attention in the sports pages, but all that is changing. golfers like michelle wie are becoming almost as well-known as jordan spieth. the espn television channel covers major women’s tournaments. most impressive of all, the winnings on the women’s tour are getting downright hefty. top money for the recent founders cup in phoenix, arizona, was $225,000. who is michelle wie? what does the word hefty refer to? the national weather service has issued a winter storm warning for loudon and augusta counties beginning at 7: 00 p. m., est, friday, december 12, through 3: 00 a. m., est, sunday, december 14. snowfall of between 4 and 8 inches is predicted. school closings will be announced on channel 10 through the evening. how much snow is the storm likely to produce? what do you think est stands for?

What is meant by “eternally burning black pipes”? what is this implying about the personality of the firemen?

The courage that my mother had went with her, and is with her still: rock from new england quarried; now granite in a granite hill. the golden brooch my mother wore she left behind for me to wear; i have no thing i treasure more: yet, it is something i could spare. oh, if instead she'd left to me the thing she took into the grave! - that courage like a rock, which she has no more need of, and i have. based on the 2nd stanza, how does the speaker feel about the golden brooch that was passed down from the mother to child? question 2 options: a: the speaker thinks it was a waste of money b: the speaker places a high value on the item c: the speaker never wears the brooch d: the speaker feels it could be easily replaced