Multiple choice

Which of these terms refer to the commonly understood cultural or emotional association that some word or phrase carries?

  1. Denotation

  2. Pun

  3. Literal

  4. Connotation

  5. Malapropism
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D Correct answer
Explanation

A connotation is a commonly understood cultural or emotional association that some word or phrase carries, in addition to the word's or phrase's explicit or literal meaning, which is its denotation.

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