<span>The correct answer should be something like definition or denotation. The definition is our understanding of the word at its most basic level, stripped of implicit meanings that we create on our own. Connotative meaning would come when all of our understanding of the world and all of our prejudices are combined in order to create a more complex meaning unique to us.</span>
The correct answer is C. extended metaphor.
Metaphor on its own is a comparison (without using words such as like or as). However, when that comparison spreads throughout a text or a poem, it is referred to as extended metaphor.
Attitude is your tone; connotation refers to your thoughts and opinions about a particular word; figurative meaning is the use of figures of speech, such as metaphor, hyperbole, etc.
I would say the correct answer is choice D, but I'm not 100% sure.
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