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Which sentence uses the connotative meaning of the word dark?
My parents want us to be home before it gets dark.
The stars shimmered in the dark evening sky.
The movie tells a dark tale of an ancient shipwreck.
My brother likes sleeping in a room that is completely dark.
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"The movie tells a dark tale of an ancient shipwreck."
Explanation: here "dark" is used connotatively to mean gloomy, sinister, or grim (an emotional/figurative sense), while the other sentences use the literal (denotative) meaning of lacking light.
Explanation: here "dark" is used connotatively to mean gloomy, sinister, or grim (an emotional/figurative sense), while the other sentences use the literal (denotative) meaning of lacking light.
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