Chapter 2

When  you speak, your listener gets messages from?

• what you say and your vocabulary
• how you look and your words
• how you act, how you look, and what you say
• what you say, how you act, and your voice

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Nonverbal language is

• communication by letter
• communication by dance
• communication without words
• communication with words and behavior

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Some of the function of nonverbal language are

• to agree with or contradict verbal messages
• to replace verbal messages
• to emphasize verbal messages
• all choices available

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CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

The first thing that children learn about language is

• rules of grammar
• to say "mama"
• symbolic meanings
• long words like imbeud

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

Some of the ways or reasons that language changes are

• new words are needed for objects and ideas
• words come from other languages
• meanings of existing words change
• all available choices

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CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

When words are blended, new words like ______ are created.

• skateboard
• microchip
• foolish
• motel

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CCSS.L.2.4D

The denotation of a word is

• its hidden meaning
• its meaning to you
• its origin
• its dictionary meaning

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The connotation of a word is

• the feelings and associations the word evokes
• the dictionary meaning of the word
• the negative reaction that the word gets
• the way that an advertiser uses the word

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

The following words have positive connotations:

• cheerful, sunshine, pale
• honest, beautiful, worm
• healthy, sweet, fresh
• underhanded, sneaky, cruel

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

The following words have neutral connotations

• book, cupboard, gruel
• explain, viewers, letter
• carrot, spring, bubbly
• light, happy, box

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CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4