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Analyze and comment on the following.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.
【正确答案】：

THE THREE ADJECTIVES LITTLE, SMALL, TINY ALL DESCRIBE THE SMALLNESS OF THE BOY. 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. 

【题目解析】：这三个形容词“little”、“small”、“tiny”都形容这个男孩的小。但little暗示的是“吸引力”和“愉悦”，tiny意味着孩子的异常成长，而small则只是表达了一种不大的意思。所以，"little"是具有欣赏性质的，"small"是表达中立意义的，"tiny"是表示贬义的意思的。