English Literature and English Language

1. What is meant by the term "connotation"?

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Right. Okay. I slapped my hand against the wall, bending forwards, desperate to catch a breath. Behind me the shadows were not only still looming but gaining fast upon me. Last big breath. Last ditch attempt. Adrenalin was pumping and time was running out.
Puffing up my chest and taking a deep breath, I set my sights for the reception. "Right!" I asserted. And I marched back into the lobby to request, no, demand the refund that was being unlawfully withheld from me.
I was encircled by a sea of green, peppered with wild yellows, pure whites and enchanting purples. Never had I seen such unkempt majesty.
"Throw me the rope now!" Martin screeched over the lashing sounds and forceful jerks of the waves, not only lashing at the boat flanks but now splashing over and threatening the entire operation.

When something is in opposition to something else.
A substitute word for another word that has the same or a very similar meaning - cold, freezing, icy etc.
Something that reminds one of something else.
A grammatical term that describes sentence structure

"Throw me the rope now!" Martin screeched over the lashing sounds and forceful jerks of the waves, not only lashing at the boat flanks but now splashing over and threatening the entire operation.
Puffing up my chest and taking a deep breath, I set my sights for the reception. "Right!" I asserted. And I marched back into the lobby to request, no, demand the refund that was being unlawfully withheld from me.
I was encircled by a sea of green, peppered with wild yellows, pure whites and enchanting purples. Never had I seen such unkempt majesty.
Right. Okay. I slapped my hand against the wall, bending forwards, desperate to catch a breath. Behind me the shadows were not only still looming but gaining fast upon me. Last big breath. Last ditch attempt. Adrenalin was pumping and time was running out.

a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g. over the moon, see the light ).
a group of words that contains a verb (and usually other components too). A clause may form part of a sentence or it may be a complete sentence in itself.
A substitute word for another word that has the same or a very similar meaning - cold, freezing, icy etc.
a small group of words standing together as a conceptual unit, typically forming a component of a clause.