Read the excerpt below and answer the question. " women do feel themselves aggrieved, oppressed, and fraudulently deprived of their most sacred " stanton’s use of phrases like “fraudulently deprived of their most sacred rights” is an example of a. connotative language b. denotative language c. figurative language d. technical language

The correct option is option A ("Connotative language").

Connotation refers to the implied significance of words beyond the literal meaning that can be found in a dictionary (denotative). Language can have positive, negative, or neutral connotations depending on the context in which it's used. Words carry an emotional and cultural weight that is crucial to convey a specific tone or meaning in our speech.

In this case, the phrase wouldn't have had the same effect if the words "fraudulently", "deprived", or "sacred" were replaced with softer synonyms.

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