Analyze and comment on three adjectives used in the following sentences based on synonym difference in connotation. [A] Look at that little boy. [B] Look at that small boy. [C] Look at that tiny boy.
By connotation we mean the stylistic and emotive colouring of words. In the three sentences, the three adiectives " little, small, tiny" all describe the smallness of the body. But little suggests "attractiveness" and "pleasantness"; tiny implies the abnormal growth of the child and small simply conveys the idea of being not big. Therefore, little is appreciative, small is neutral and tiny is derogatory.
