8.4 Connotation,Denotation, and Figurative Language

Which word has a positive connotation?

• inexpensive

• cheap

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Which word has a negative connotation?

• nosy

• curious

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Choose the sentence that uses the negative connotation of the CAPITALIZED word.

• Visit our marketplaces to spend your money on our famous COLLECTIBLES.

• We want you to visit our TRANQUIL island.

• Hotel staffers will bring you ODOROUS foods that are native to the region.

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Which phrase has a positive connotation?

• She is a very slender dancer.

• She is a very skinny dancer.

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The feelings and ideas associated with a word is called...

• a denotation.

• personification.

• a connotation.

• figurative language.

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The literal definition of a word is called...

• a connotation.

• figurative language.

• a denotation.

• personification.

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Which figurative language term means "to imitate a thing with an action or by the making of sounds such as a buzz, hiss, or bark?"

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• onomatopoeia

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What figurative language term is "a figure of speech that uses contradictory terms (or words that don't seem to go together) like icy-hot, seriously funny, or original copies?"

• simile

• personification

• oxymoron

• hyperbole

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Which figurative language term is "to make an extreme exaggeration such as the following: I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!"

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

• synecdoche

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Which figurative language term means "to make a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as?"

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• hyperbole

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