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__________is the literal meaning of a word

___________ describes the feeling a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning.

Tone
nuance
insinuation
denotation
connotation

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The correct terms to fill in the blanks are:

Denotation is the literal meaning of a word.
Connotation describes the feeling a word invokes in addition to its literal meaning.