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Plz help 20 points! Read the sentence.

The techtonic plates slammed into each other,
pushing one on top of the other and creating a ridge.

Which word has the strongest connotative meaning?
A slammed B plates C top D ridge

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A connotative meaning is a secondary meaning that includes the emotions or feelings that a word can transmit or convey. People usually associate a word with a past experience or emotion. In this case, the word that has the strongest connotative meaning is slammed because it not only creates a visual image of the situation, but it also provides a notion of movement that the reader can relate to previous experiences.

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A. slammed
the other words have neutral connotations, but “slammed” makes you think of force and violence.
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