Which of the following sentences has a connotative meaning? a. "Please do not hassle the customer service representatives with too frequent questions." b. "Your ability to meet deadlines is satisfactory." c. "Research and development has developed an outstanding production process." d. "Rita's drive and enthusiasm make her successful at sales."

a. "Please do not hassle the customer service representatives with too frequent questions."

Explanation:

Connotative meaning is when the meaning of any given sentence or word is implied without the literal meaning of the given word or sentence. This is contrary to the denotative meaning of the given word.

Among the given sentences, the sentence which has a connotative meaning is option a where the request to not hassle the customer service representatives is made. The literal meaning of the word along with the secondary meaning which is not to disturb the customer service representatives too much with the questions.  

Thus, the correct answer is option a.

halibut, flounder, tuna, and trout are all fish. so your first answer is 1.) fish. and since fish is edible, your next answer would be 3). edible

to describe those fishes more thoroughly, some of those fishes live in fresh water, and some of the fishes live in salt water, and that is not a thing that they all have in common. the question is asking what is common with all of the fish, so answer choices 2). fresh water and 4). salt water are not right.