Connotation and Denotation

The word thin, as in "you are very thin" has a _______ connotation.

• positive
• negative

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The word scrawny, as in "Jason appeared scrawny," has a _________ connotation.

• positive

• negative

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation.

• positive

• negative

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

I recognized the familiar smell of my roommate's cooking. If you change the word smell to stench, the word now has a ____________ connotation.

• positive
• negative

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

McDonald's is an inexpensive meal. If you change the word inexpensive to cheap, the word now has a ____ connotation.

• positive
• negative

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.L.8.5C

The teacher was mildly intimated by Seth's bossy behavior. If you change the word bossy to assertive, the word now has a ____ connotation.

• positive
• negative

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RL.7.4

Choose the word with the positive connotation.
gossip--chat

• gossip
• chat

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

Choose the word with the positive connotation.
immature--youthful

• immature
• youthful

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

Which connotation is MORE positive?
Everyone had a _____ on his or her face on the way home.

• smile
• smirk

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

Which connotation is MORE negative?
It made me feel _______.

• uneasy
• frightened

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4