Literary Device - Denotation

By Ezekiel 
What is
Denotation? 
• Denotation refers to the literal
or dictionary definition of a
word or phrase, without any
added connotations or
meanings.
1st Example : Hamlet by
William Shakespear
• "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" - Act
1, Scene 4, Line 90
2nd example: Romeo and Julliet 
by William Shakespear 

• "But, soft! what light through yonder window

breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun." - Act 2,
Scene 2, Lines 2-3
3rd Example: The
Illustrated Man  
• "The rocket made climates, and summer lay for a
brief moment upon the land." - "Rocket Summer,"
Paragraph 1
4th example: The Hunger
Games by Suzanne Collins

• "I remember the Hunger Games differently. When

my father was alive and we would gather as a
family for the Reaping, he would stand quietly in
the back and not volunteer unless his name was
pulled." - Chapter 1, Page 18
.
 Citation

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Romeo-and-Juliet

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/denotation

https://www.litcharts.com/literary-devices-and-terms/denotation
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