AP Language Summer Vocab

Denotation is a word's ____________.

• Literal, dictionary definition

• Emotional meaning

• synonym

• antonym

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Connotation is a word's ___________.

• synonym
• emotional meaning
• antonym
• Literal, dictionary definition.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

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

• gossip
• chat

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(adj.) characteristic of informal conversation

• colloquial
• clamor
• circumlocution

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

PEACE is a(n)

• concrete noun
• abstract noun
• collective noun
• adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1C

Steel tried to shoot the paper in the TRASH CAN.
TRASH CAN  is a(n)

• concrete noun
• abstract noun
• collective noun
• verb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1C

Which of the following is NOT an ABSTRACT NOUN?

• excitement
• anxiety
• skill
• player

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1C

Which of the following is NOT a concrete noun?

• stepping
• phone
• singers
• jaw

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1C

The type of reasoning where a person makes  conclusions based on observations and patterns is called...

• Inductive reasoning
• Deductive reasoning
• Conjecture
• Experiments

Choose the best alliteration definition:

• The repetition of vowel sounds in close proximity.
• The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of nearby words.
• The repetition of consonant sounds in unstressed syllables.
• The repetition of words throughout a text