Connotation vs Denotation

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The word odor has a

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negative connotation

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

The word curious has a

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positive connotation

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CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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The word youthful has a

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positive connotation

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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Connotation is a word's ___________.

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emotional meaning

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

Which word has the most NEGATIVE emotion?

Asagai: Then isn’t there something wrong in a house—in a world—where all dreams, good or bad, must depend on the ______ of a man?
Options: passing, leaving, death, expiration

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death

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

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“Mama: If you a son of mine, tell her! (WALTER picks up his keys and his coat and walks out. She continues, bitterly) You…you are a ______ to your father’s memory. Somebody get me my hat!”

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disgrace

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CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

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What has the most negative connotation? “I guess that’s how come that man finally worked hisself to death like he done. Like he was fighting his own ______ with this here world that took his baby from him.” Options: war, battle, conflict, problem

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war

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CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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What is the most negative connotation in the quote: “Walter: Sometimes it’s like I can see the future stretched out in front of me – just plain as day. The future, Mama. Hanging over there at the edge of my days. Just waiting for me — a big, _______ blank space – full of nothing. Just waiting for me. But it don’t have to be.” Options: approaching, emerging, looming, moving.

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looming

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CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Front

What is the most positive connotation?

“It’s dangerous, son …When a man goes outside his home to look for _______.”

Options: calm, peace, truce, quiet

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peace

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CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4