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*surface-level meaning

*Denotative details are surface-level and do not have analysis or deconstruction applied to them yet.

-Ex: plot points, plot developments, conflicts, resolution, characters, setting, details like symbols, colors, Golden Quotes, things that stand out to you, What ideas/values are glorified/vilified, etc.?

Connotation

*deeper level-meaning

*A text’s connotation has applied deconstruction and analysis to surface-level denotative details.

-So what?, What is at stake? Who is affected?, meaning of symbols, meaning of characters, What do they represent?, indirect suggestions, How are figure(s)/idea(s) glorified or vilified?, Why does this matter?, What is the takeaway message(s) of the text?, So what?

Ex:

-The color red is present throughout the text.

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-This represents the passion that drives the protagonist’s every decision.

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