Question

guided practice
which sentence uses denotation?
a. we gobbled our supper and lumbered off to the movie.
b. we ate dinner and went to the movie.
c. we demolished our food and hurried to the movie.
d. we devoured our meal and rushed away to the movie.

Explanation:

Denotation refers to the literal or dictionary meaning of words. In option B, "ate dinner" and "went to the movie" use words in their literal sense. Options A, C, and D use figurative or more vivid (non - literal) verbs like "gobbled", "demolished", "devoured" which have connotative (implied or emotional) meanings in addition to their basic denotation.

Answer:

B. We ate dinner and went to the movie.