Use A Dictionary To Find Their Denotative Meaning, And Then Share How You Understand Each Word (Connotative Meaning).
Use a dictionary to find their denotative meaning, and then share how you understand each word (connotative meaning).
Answer:
Some unfamiliar words found in the text "How Odin Lost His Eyes" are:
1. snarl - denotative meaning: to growl with snapping, gnashing or display of teeth; to give vent to anger in surly language; a surly angry growl
- connotative meaning: dirty look
2. forge - denotative meaning: to make or imitate falsely especially with intent to defraud
- connotative meaning: copy, idolized, imitate
3. raven - denotative meaning: a bird that has shiny black feathers and looks like a crow but is larger
- connotative meaning: Grimm Reaper, death sign
The denotative meaning of words is the dictionary meaning, while the connotative meaning of words is the implied meaning which depends upon the readers or listeners understanding.
Code 10.2.1.5.
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