Question

Which statement uses the denotative form of the word snake?

A. He took my savings, the snake, and then seemed to totally disappear.

B. The salesman seemed smooth and deadly as a snake to the customers.

C. She moved fast like a snake but fortunately did not enjoy eating live mice.

D. The snake we discovered hiding in the woodshed was nearly seven feet long.

Answer 1

D. The snake we discovered hiding in the woodshed was nearly seven feet long

Answer 2

D

Step-by-step explanation:

The answer is D because were looking for the literal language of the word snake. The literal meaning of the word snake is well the animal snake so the literal meaning would be using the word snake as the animal example: What a big snake!

Answer D uses snake in the literal way so in this case the correct answer is D