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A. Frantic
Frantic:
wild or distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion.
Connotative awareness helps a writer create emotional
associations.
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Literal
meanings which are meanings explicitly given to the readers or the person being
told to. In this type of meaning, the person doesn’t need to think the words
too much or ponder on the meaning because they could easily understand what the
other person or the author implies. Meanwhile connotative meanings are meanings
using different figures of speech or symbolism that the person still needs to
think it over before knowing the actual meaning of the word, sentence or story.</span>
This is indirect characterization because it SHOWS, rather than tells.
Here are two examples:
Indirect: Erica stomped her foot and flew out of the room.
This shows that she is angry, rather than just tells.
Direct: Erica was so angry she stomped her foot and flew out of the room.
This just tells you she's mad.