https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words en-us 2016-12-06 13:46:25 UTC 2020-05-20 12:35:49 UTC hello@padlet.com nwalker16 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142001457 "The doors loom ahead, made of carved wood and flowing glass." 
"Loom" denotation: To rise before the vision with an appearance of great size.
"Loom" connotation: The word gives the feeling that the doors are huge and intimidating (scary), and they probably lead to a room that is big and scary too.]]> 2016-12-06 13:50:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142001457 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142019837 "Crabbe stopped laughing and started rubbing his knuckles in a menacing way."
"Menacing" denotation:  danger, threatening 
"Menacing" connotation: angry and/or mad]]> 2016-12-06 14:36:12 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142019837 spappal2021 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142020433 "My heart hammered against my ribs. "
"Hammered" denotation: hit or beat (something) with a hammer or similar object.
"Hammered" connotation: pounding, hitting very hard, meaning his heart was pounding against his chest]]> 2016-12-06 14:37:45 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142020433 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142020444 "Freeze.  Stay where you are.'
Denotation: to turn into ice or another solid as a result from extremely cold temperatures.
Connotation: To stay very still. Not move.]]> 2016-12-06 14:37:46 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142020444 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142020734 "I follow a set of graveled tracks pitted with muddy puddles."
"Pitted" denotation: having a hollow or indention on a surface.
"Pitted" connotation: This word paints a picture in the reader's minds that are telling them that the road probably has many holes or indentions in it.]]> 2016-12-06 14:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142020734 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142021028 'I glanced sideways to the river of students rushing past, glimpsed the top of a dark, shaggy head moving towards us.'
Denotation of "river": A large stream of water flowing into a greater body of water or a great, flowing quantity of a substance
Connotation: When the narrator notes the "river of students", they are presenting a word that gives a feeling of rapidness, troubling, or ongoing numbers of kids rushing in the hallway.]]> 2016-12-06 14:38:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142021028 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142021159 "Thankfully we are interrupted by what sounds like a broken AC unit coming towards us, and I turn to find Oliver speeding down the path on a lime green Segway. All across the quad people are laughing or rolling their eyes."
"Rolling" denotation: Moving by turning over and over on an axis.
"Rolling" connotation: The word is used to describe a character irritation or distress. Often leads to being upset or angry.]]> 2016-12-06 14:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142021159 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142021267 "That would be Qurong, the first born who brought this sickness upon us in the first place."
"Sickness" Denotation: The state of being ill.
"Sickness" Connotation: 
Horrible times, The war, Justin's misguiding ways.]]> 2016-12-06 14:39:31 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142021267 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142021290 "Cath rubbed at her nose with the handkerchief."
 Denotation( rubbed ): move one's hand or a cloth repeatedly back and forth on the surface of something with firm pressure
Connotation: massage, knead, spread, smear, and apply]]> 2016-12-06 14:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142021290 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142021450 After wallowing over the cheer team not qualifying for Nationals..
Denotation- indulge in an unrestrained way in something that creates a pleasurable sensation
Connotation- happy, delightful.]]> 2016-12-06 14:40:00 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142021450 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142021819 "The man stalked away and disappeared behind a shower curtain."
"Stalked" denotation: To pursue stealthily.
"Stalked" connotation: The man is walking away sort of mysteriously and swiftly.]]> 2016-12-06 14:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142021819 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142022092 "This place is the heart of the military"
"Heart" Denotation: An organ that pumps blood through your body.
"Heart" Connotation: Showing that it is the center or main part of the military.]]> 2016-12-06 14:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142022092 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142026269 "I feel the tendrils of revenge calling to me."
Denotation (Tendrils): a slender threadlike appendage of a climbing plant, often growing in a spiral form, that stretches out and twines around any suitable support.
Connotation: desire for revenge, destiny, pull towards avenging his familia]]> 2016-12-06 14:50:32 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142026269 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142026484 "In our little house Dad's footsteps coming down the stairs sounded like a particularly emphatic roll of thunder."  Connotation - a loud rumbling or crashing noise heard after a lightning flash due to the expansion of rapidly heated air. Denotation - He angrily stomped down the stairs]]> 2016-12-06 14:50:58 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142026484 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142026580 "Mrs. Jacobs barked, pointing a sharp finger toward the front hallway."
"Barked" denotation: to emit a loud noise from an animal
"Barked" connotation: Mad, angry, frustrated, yelling]]> 2016-12-06 14:51:10 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142026580 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142026673 "you...listen...to...me. You...have no idea what 'It's' like. If you think I treat 'IT' that bad...then...'It' can live somewhere else." I can picture my father--who, after all these years, still tries somewhat to stand up for me-- swirling the liquor in his glass, making the ice from his drink rattle.
denotation- rattle- a a rapid succession of short, sharp, hard sounds
connotation- shows no real interest, lack of feeling, lazy, ]]> 2016-12-06 14:51:20 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142026673 lmuell2021 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142026704 "Panting, Agatha stared at the floating flowers, flecked with her own blood." 
Denotation (Flecked): Marked or dotted with small patches of color or particles of something.
Connotation (Flecked): Splattered, flaked, spotted, streaked, stippled, speckled. ]]> 2016-12-06 14:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142026704 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142026985 "It's not just that the room is bare, it's that there's a strange, dead stillness to the air." 
Dead- denotation: The opposite of living, no longer alive.
Connotation: The room does not have the same life or vibrancy as it did before. It is plain. It is also empty in a way that is not just literal, obviously the room still has a bed and drawers, etc. But it doesn't have the feeling it did had from previous visits, it doesn't have that special personalization. ]]> 2016-12-06 14:51:54 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142026985 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142027318 "I stretched out my foot and kicked some snow off one of the peaks."  
Kicked denotation - Strike forcibly with foot.
Kicked Connotation - To hit someone/something with your foot.  Boot, punt.]]> 2016-12-06 14:52:37 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142027318 redpandazrkewl https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142027486 "A great grandmother of a storm is coming."

Great Grandmother denotation: The mother of your mother's mother.

Connotation: It makes you think of a huge storm, bigger than any they have seen.]]> 2016-12-06 14:53:01 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142027486 admiralofthetaco https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142027597 "Keeping a stream of supply and men to one's army will ensure victory."
Stream (Denotation): A small, or narrow, river.
Stream (Connotation): A steady flow of something directed towards a specified area.

]]> 2016-12-06 14:53:15 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142027597 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142028468 Family ancestry (Denotation): A person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one descended.
Ancestors (Connotation): Family, forebear, birth, bloodline,descent.]]> 2016-12-06 14:55:14 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142028468 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142131909 stammered, connotation : unsure, repeating the same thing , stuttering 
stammered, denotation:speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words.]]> 2016-12-06 19:20:19 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142131909 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142134990 2016-12-06 19:29:35 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142134990 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142139775 Mitchel stared at me blankly "act normal there going to kill us!"
BLANKLY:
denotation:without expression or understanding
conotation: nothing, blank stare, the look on sombody's face when sombody's talking but nobody's listening]]> 2016-12-06 19:45:23 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/142139775 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/357480537 Gjjhui]]> 2019-05-07 06:05:24 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/357480537 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/357480565 Im dead]]> 2019-05-07 06:05:39 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/357480565 https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/584737007 Mack]]> 2020-05-20 12:35:49 UTC https://padlet.com/nwalker16/words/wish/584737007