What can be described as an organization's response to a threat, and can change depending upon a number of factors?

What is the difference between denotative and connotative meanings? Provide analysis of at least three examples in which denotative and connotative meanings of the same word differ. 

What will be an ideal response?

Which item below is a hypothetical example?

A. Currently, representatives are elected for two-year terms; senators are elected for six-year terms. B. The House and Senate would be even more inefficient if our representatives had to live with term limits. C. The government of the United States includes the executive, judicial, and legislative branches. D. The legislative branch consists of a House of Representatives and a Senate.