<em>The singer’s high notes stabbed my ears like jagged knives. This sentence is an example of </em><em>b.) connotation. </em>
Explanation:
Words usually carry cultural and emotional associations -connotation- and literal meaning -denotation. Connotation is a literary device that refers to a meaning implied by the phrase, apart from the idea explicitly described. Connotation may be positive or negative. In this example, the connotation in <em>stabbed my ears like jagged knives</em> is clearly negative
Connotation is the association of certain words and phrases used to a word evoking certain feelings aside from the literal meaning of that word. It is the implied meaning of a word in a sentence.
The sentence <em>"The singer's high notes stabbed my ears like jagged knives"</em> is an example of connotation. It implies that the singing or high note of the singer was so loud and high that it is capable of cutting the ears through with a knife. Or more simply, it is like his ears are being cut through by a knife when he heard the high note of the singing, piercing his ears. It does not show the literal meaning of the words but it implies just how painful/ shrilling the voice must have been.
