The denotation could be a scaly, sometimes venomous reptile. On the other hand the connotation could be evil or danger<span>.</span>
There were opening announcements made at the beginning of the radio adaptation of H.G. Wells’s <em>The War of the Worlds,</em> but what they did not anticipate is that the listeners who tuned in half-way through the radio play would have no idea that it was only a dramatization and would believe the news-like structure which understandably caused them distress.
The production team made lots of revisions, slowing down the pace of the first act, deleting some crucial scenes that would be tell-tale signs of a fictional work, and all this contributed to panic that ensued. The following day, there was a press conference held to clear all of it up.
I would help you out, if you had included the excerpt.
Looking for Alaska is the figurative language because you can't actually look for Alaska
