It is the literal meaning of a word which you can find in a dictionary.

The meaning of the word is associated with quality, feelings, ideas, or emotions of a word.  The connection for the word can be negative or positive.

Identify the denotative meaning of the word "blue."

Study the underlined word in the sentence. Identify whether the word is used with its connotative or denotative meaning.

Hemoglobin is an iron-rich protein making it red that is found in your human blood.

Study the underlined word in the sentence. Identify whether the word is used with its connotative or denotative meaning.

Mary feel low because she was not able to get high marks in most subjects.

Arrange the jumbled words/phrases to form a correct statement about connotation.

Study the underlined word used. Identify if it is denotative in meaning or connotative in meaning.

Red rainfall warning was raised over Marikina area as severe flooding is expected.

Choose the correct meaning of the underlined word based on how it is used in the sentence.

March is Fire Prevention Month

Another way of identifying the meaning of words is by analyzing how they are used in a sentences. One word can have different meanings depending on how they are used in the sentence.

Knowing different meanings of content specific words will not help you in getting their denotation and connotation.