A connotation is the feeling a word invokes. A denotation is what the word literally says.
Example: If these words were on a trip, connotation would be the baggage, and denotation would be the traveler.
"<span>She had come to San Francisco in 1949 after losing everything in China. But she never looked back with regret."
Or rather,
"S</span>he never looked back with regret."
The answer is D, Soft-heartedness versus Soft-headedness