Effective writing depends on apt choice of words. To choose the right word for each context, you need to understand the “connotation denotation” synergy of words. Every word has a denotation, its explicit meaning. It also has connotations: the emotional overtones the word carries or (to put it another way) the emotions it evokes in readers.
Good writers strive to find the right words, the words that best fit their meaning and, at the same time, evoke strong emotions in readers.
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