Select the correct answer from each of two drop-down menus.
Words have different kinds of meanings. How do connotation and denotation describe meanings of words?
Choose the correct way to complete these sentences about meaning.

A connotative meaning is

a. offered without shades of meaning

B. found in a dictionary definition

C. Associated with emotion

A denotative meaning is

A. based on the use of context clues

B. associated with positive or negative feelings

C. the dictionary definition of a word