Which choice best defines a word’s connotative meaning? the literal meaning of the word the author’s attitude toward the word the interpretation of the word found in a thesaurus the feeling and association that the word evokes

The answer is: the feeling and association that the word evokes.

Connotation is opposed to denotation, this latter being the literal and direct meaning of a word, just like you would find it in a dictionary, for example. Connotation, on the other hand, is the sense of the word as it implies an array of meanings that are dependent on historical, temporal, social, and even personal contexts and associations.  

answer: the sentence in the text that contains both the topic and the author's single most important idea about the topic

explanation: aww pineapple so adorable