Read the passage. "I am a realist, and if elected student body president, I will keep my promises to you," Ellyse said to the students in the auditorium. "So I won’t tell you that we’ll get a new soccer field, like my opponent said, because that’s impossible. But if you vote for me, I will establish a monthly student-teacher school culture committee. That’s the truth." Which response most accurately distinguishes between the denotative and connotative meanings of the word realist?

- The denotation of realist is "someone who understands the world accurately," and the connotation is that she is reliable and effective.

Explanation:

Denotation is demonstrated as the literal, precise, and dictionary meaning of the word while connotation is associated with the implied meaning that needs to be inferred by the reader. The former is the standard definition or meaning of the word while the latter involves the meaning or feeling that is implied or suggested by the author.

In the given passage, the response 'The denotation of the realist is "someone who understands the world accurately," and the connotation is that she is reliable and effective' most appropriately displays the distinction between the denotative and connotative meanings of the word 'realist.' It reflects that 'realist' in literal terms means 'someone...accurately' while the implied sense is 'one who could be relied upon and effective.'