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Anni [7]
3 years ago
7

Brainliest to anyone who explains why their answer is correct!! :)) If you happened to have this question before, come and answe

r it please!
Read the passage from An Essay on Man.

Self-love and reason to one end aspire,
Pain their aversion, pleasure their desire;
But greedy that, its object would devour,
This taste the honey, and not wound the flow'r

The author contrasts words with positive and negative connotations to

create humor.
encourage debate.
clarify his argument.
make an emotional appeal.
English
1 answer:
gogolik [260]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

The author use positive and negative connotations in the excerpt given above in order to expose the two sides of his presentation. Connotations generally have meanings that are implied by words which is different from what they literally described. Positive connotations are words that have positive meanings while negative connotation have negative meanings. The two connotations are used together in the excerpt above to provoke argument. 

Hope this helps :)

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