Choose the word below that's highly connotative:

A-man, B-house, C-tree, D-mother-in-law

Why don't YOU choose the word that is highly connotative and I'll tell you if you're right. We don't do your homework here, we've already done ours.

I will give you this much information and then you ought to be able to answer your own question.

Language's connotative meaning refers to the the social meaning words acquire through use. At the connotative level, language evokes the audience's emotional associations. When a writer uses highly connotative language, he appeals more to his audience's emotion than to its reason.

Choose the word below that's highly connotative:

A-man, B-house, C-tree, D-mother-in-law

I would have to go with mother-in-law. What would you go with?