When Joe's professor says he will have to give a presentation in class, Joe feels his heart start to race and his palms begin to sweat. Joe probably reacts this way because his denotative meaning for the word "presentation" is unpleasant.

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Joe's reaction is likely due to the connotative meaning or the emotional response he associates with the word "presentation," not the denotative meaning, which is the literal definition.

When Joe's Professor Says He Will Have to Give a Presentation