Denotative, Connotative, Figurative, and Technical Meanings

Name the type of meaning for "intense" used in the sentence, "Standing next to the speaker made the music at the concert intense."

• denotative

• connotative

• figurative

• technical

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Select the type of meaning of "earsplitting" used in the following sentence, "I got a migraine headache from the earsplitting music ."

• denotative

• connotative

• figurative

• technical

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Name the type of meaning used for "phrasing" in the following text. As a guitarist, Berry was known for his "phrasing". Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry describes the way Berry grouped notes into quick bursts as "that double-note stop, where you get two notes blending against each other and they make that rock and roll sound" (Curriculum Associates, LLC).

• denotative

• connotative

• figurative

• technical

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Identify the words that have a negative connotation in the sentence. The speech by the presidential candidate was drowned out by the deafening chants of the angry protestors.

• speech, presidential

• drowned, deafening

• chants, protestors

• candidate, protestors

Tags

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RL.9-10.4