Lesson 12 & 13a RL.7.4 Determining Word Meaning & Word Choice

Multiple Choice

Connotation is

• The feeling a word creates

• The dictionary definition

Multiple Choice

Denotation

• The feeling associated with a word.

• The dictionary definition of a word.

Multiple Choice

Which one of these synonyms for smell has the most NEGATIVE connotation?

• perfume

• scent

• odor

Multiple Choice

Which one of these synonyms for smell has the most POSITIVE connotation??

• Scent

• Smell

• Odor

Match

Match the WORD with its CONNOTATION

• guest

• visitor

• intruder

positive 🙂

neutral😐

negative😠

• positive 🙂

• neutral😐

• negative😠

Multiple Choice

Look at this sentence:

I segregate my pens and pencils.

What connotation does the word segregate give?

• Neutral, same as "separate"

• It has a racial connotation.

• I'm not sure.

Multiple Choice

KEEP THE CONNOTATION POSITIVE!!

She is such a ____ person; different from everyone else!

• Weird

• Odd

• Unique

• Unusual

Match

Match the WORD with its connotation

• Weird

• Different

• Unique

Negative 😠

Neutral😐

Positive🙂

• Negative 😠

• Neutral😐

• Positive🙂

Figurative Language

A word or phrase that does not have its normal, everyday, literal meaning. It is used by the writer to compare, for dramatic effect, or to make writing more interesting.

Simile

A figure of speech that directly compares two different things using the words "like" or "as."

Example: He went after the ball LIKE a tiger pouncing on its prey.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a simile?

• Her skin was baby soft.

• Her skin was as soft as a baby's skin.

Metaphor

A figure of speech used to make a comparison between two things WITHOUT using "like" or "as."

Example: Her hair is golden honey.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is a metaphor?

• Tom's eyes were oceans of blue.

• Tom's eyes were like oceans of blue.

Personifciation

When you give human qualities or abilities to an object or animal.

Example: The sun kissed our skin. The leaves waved in the wind.

Multiple Choice

Which of these is an example of personification?

• The lightning struck a building.

• The lightning danced across the sky.

• The lightning was bright.

Alliteration

When words that start with the same sound are used close together in a phrase. The sound is usually a consonant and words to don't to be right next ot each other (tongue twisters).

Example: She sells sea-shells down by the sea-shore.

Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers

Multiple Choice

Which of these is alliteration?

• How much would could a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood?

• A big black bug bit a big black bear.

Onomatopoeia

A word that mimics the sound of the object or action it refers to.

Example: Hiss, Buzz, Sizzle, Pow

Multiple Choice

Which of these are an example of onomatopoeia?

• boom

• pot

• pan

• fire

Hyperbole

A figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphases or effect

Example: This book weights a ton! I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!

Multiple Choice

Which is an example of hyperbole?

• I walked 2 miles.

• I swam 20 laps.

• I jumped higher than the moon.

Idiom

A group of words established by usage as having a meaning not understandble from those individual words

Example: It's raining cats and dogs meaning it's raining hard

He kicked the bucket meaning he died.

Multiple Choice

What does the idiom "it's a piece of cake" mean?

• It's hard

• It's easy

• Eat cake

• Cake is sliced in pieces

Multiple Choice

Authors set a TONE or MOOD in literature by conveying an emotion or emotions through _____________.

• pictures
• height
• words
• funny faces

Multiple Choice

"We have some important news for you Mr. President.  We have discovered a terrorist plot against the United States" said the CIA agent.  The President closed the book, set it on the desk, and leaned forward, his eyes fixed straight ahead.  "Tell me everything you know." 
What is the tone of the dialogue?

• Informal
• Happy
• Serious
• Optimistic

Multiple Choice

What is the tone of the following text?
"I will not!" she shouted.  "I will not be left at the mercy of our enemies while you run away and hide, you coward!" 

• pleased
• suspicious 
• happy
• angry