Denotations and Connotations

 20th september tuesday 2022

to analyse texts using correct terminology


Today for media studies we are looking at denotations and connotations


Denotations are the obvious literal things shown on the piece of media


Connotations are the underlying meanings and metaphors. 




The denotations of this piece of media is that of a pale woman with a moth covering her mouth. However you can theorise of  the connotations of this like the woman is pale because she is dead and the moth covering her mouth is eating her. Her eyes could be red to symbolise the blood that she has seen? or her own blood? and the darkness around could symbolise her being dead.

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  1. Miss Mac20 September 2022 at 04:36

    This is a great first analysis Ted. Can you link any of those connotations to either the genre or the target audience?

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