In the excerpt above, which word has a connotative rather than a denotative meaning? old killed pushed crowd

I believe the answer would be old.

killed

Explanation:

According to a different source, the excerpt that is included with this question is:

"Why don't they hurry, why don't they hurry ..." muttered Jem. We saw why. The old fire truck, killed by the cold, was being pushed from town by a crowd of men."

The "connotation" of a word is a commonly understood association that a word has, in addition to its literal meaning. The literal meaning of the word, on the other hand, is called "denotation." In this example, the word "killed" refers to the truck being unable to run. This is a connotation of the word "killed." It cannot be the denotation because the truck was never alive and thus cannot be literally killed.

d.) then bernice winced as marjorie tossed her own hair over her shoulders and began to twist it slowly into two long blond braids until in her cream-colored negligée she looked like a delicate painting of some saxon princess. fascinated, bernice watched the braids grow. heavy and luxurious they were, moving under the supple fingers like restive snakes—and to bernice remained this relic and the curling iron and a to-morrow full of eyes.

explanation:

family is anyone that you care for and they equally care for you, family sticks together and everyone loves one another, whether they are blood or not anyone can be family. family composition is the makeup of a family, including the number of members, their ages, and their relationships to each other.