Identify whether each of the examples below is an example of connotation or denotation by selecting the correct answer in the drop down menu at the end of the example. 1. Alpaca: A domesticated mammal especially of Peru that is probably descended from the vicuña. Connotation 2. Alpaca: When I think of alpacas, I think of The Emperor's New Groove and how my niece and I watched it together the last time I babysat her. Denotation 3. School: A bad place. School is where I had my first panic attack. I really don't like going to school now. 4. School: an organization that provides instruction; such as an institution for the teaching of children, a college or university. 5. Truck: A wheeled vehicle for moving heavy articles. 6. Truck: It ain't a truck unless it's a Chevy!

may i see the historical information and the excerpt?

they are all talking about chocolate (next time you post a question with "which" post the choices too)

to eliminate ambiguous remote or broad reference it is necessary to focus on anaphoric reference. by definition "anaphoric reference means that a word in a text refers back to other ideas in the text for its meaning." the references should be clear and leave no room for ambiguity.

in the first case the pronoun it probably refers to the car but it has not been mentioned before so we should replace it for the car. in doing so the statement becomes clear.

in sentence number   two   the pronoun he refers to charles dickens the author. yet, the first half of the sentence is about the book a tale of two cities. to repair this it would be better to rephrase the first half : after i read   a tale of two cities by dickens, he so as to remove the remote reference.

your answer would be: c