Read the paragraph.
Violence in video games is essentially to blame for violence in our society. When children are bombarded with monstrous images, they begin to think that these types of actions are normal or acceptable. Children and teenagers are spending excessive numbers of hours playing video games, and they may begin to use them as a guideline for how to act and behave. Even if they do not perform violent actions, they may become less sensitive to the thoughts and feelings of others because of what they see reflected in these games.
Which phrase best explains the kind of words the writer uses to affect the reader?
mainly words with strong positive connotations
mainly words with strong negative connotations
mainly words with neutral and positive connotations
mainly words with positive and negative connotations
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Mainly words with positive and negative connotations.
Explanation:
In this paragraph, the writer has tried to present the reality with both positive and negative connotations. All he had tried, is present reality. Mostly with positive connotations for example, writer had used the word "less sensitive" instead of "insensitive". which is an example of positive connotations. while words like, Monstrous and violent are examples of negative connotations.
- The literal meaning of a word is called denotation.
- Your feelings towards a word is called connotations.
Example of positive and negative connotations:-
- Cheap and Inexpensive. If we see dictionary meaning, both means same. but if we look at the 'feel' of that word. Cheap is something that is of low quality. While inexpensive is something that will cost less to you. Connotations completely change the meaning.
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It reflects the author’s view that children and teenagers play violent video games for far too many hours."
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