"What's the matter, are you chicken?" Sam's friends asked him when he didn't join the pole-climbing contest. They didn't know that he is afraid of heights. Denotation or Connotation
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"What's the matter, are you chicken?" Sam's friends asked him when he didn't join the pole-climbing contest. They didn't know that he is afraid of heights. Denotation or Connotation
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Answer:
Connotation.
Explanation:
In the dialogue "What's the matter, are you a chicken?", Sam's friends are not asking whether he is an actual chicken, like the animal. Instead, they are asking if he is a chicken, meaning cowardly or fearful.
DENOTATION: The direct definition of the word that you find in the dictionary.
CONNOTATION: The emotional suggestions of a word, that is not literal.