Question

________ definitions are subject to individual interpretation.

a. Denotative
b. Connotative help!

Answer 1

b. it surely has to be

Answer 2

• answer

(B) Connotative

• Explanation:

A word is used in the denotative sense, or literal, when it presents its original meaning, regardless of the phasic context in which it appears.

Example: My heart works well.

A word is used in the connotative sense, or figured when it presents different meanings, subject to different interpretations that go beyond the original sense of the word, depending on the phasic context in which it appears.

Example: You have a heart of ice!