Re-read Annie Dillard's "Living Like Weasels," and find the following words in the essay: giddy, plodding, utterance
Now, rewrite the original sentence where that word is found, then below the re-written sentence, write the denotation of the word. Feel free to use a dictionary.
Next, below the denotation, write three to four descriptors of the connotation of the word.
Then, explain if you think Dillard meant the connotative or denotative meaning of the word in this context, and why.

Here is the link for the story:
https://login. calverthomeschool. com/media/o_rla08_ccss_2016/6/l29_w easels. pdf

Wrtie a essay based on your outline from lesson 2. your essay will be about the same topic. a famous hoax from history

Excerpt from an enemy of the people henrik ibsen mrs. stockmann. (turns to the hall door, listening.) i expect that is mr. hovstad coming. billing. very likely. (peter stockmann comes in. he wears an overcoat and his official hat, and carries a stick.) peter stockmann. good evening, katherine. mrs. stockmann (coming forward into the sitting-room). ah, good evening--is it you? how good of you to come up and see us! peter stockmann. i happened to be passing, and into the dining-room). but you have company with you, i see. mrs. stockmann (a little embarrassed). oh, no--it was quite by chance he came in. (hurriedly.) won't you come in and have something, too? peter stockmann. i! no, you. good gracious--hot meat at night! not with my digestion, when peter stockmann enters, what does his physical appearance to reveal about his character?

What is the effect of the author's choice of the word loathsome rather than hateful in this sentence from the count of monte cristo? two soldiers were accordingly sent for, and the inspector descended a stairway, so foul, so humid, so dark, as to be loathsome to sight, smell, and respiration. it reveals that the unpleasant aspects of the stairway are manmade. it stresses the disgusting, offensive nature of the stairway. it suggests that the soldiers are used to the place and do not hate it. it implies that the effects of the stairway are felt only by the inspector.