The round, keen eyes of the black child were overcast with tears; - large, bright drops rolled heavily down, one by one, and fell on the little white hand. (p. 239) In the excerpt above, which word has a connotative, rather than a denotative, meaning? round black overcast white

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Valery Newton

17 July, 23:59

The round, keen eyes of the black child were overcast with tears; - large, bright drops rolled heavily down, one by one, and fell on the little white hand. (p. 239) In the excerpt above, which word has a connotative, rather than a denotative, meaning? round black overcast white

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Jovanni Gaines · Answer 1

Denotative is the literal meaning of a word as one would find in the dictionary.

The connotative meaning has to do with ones feelings or ideas.

The answer is overcast.