Word Choice/Analogies 1

Choose the correct word to complete the analogy:

Up : Down :: Fast : ____________

• Slow

• Speedy

• Halt

• Quick

Choose the correct word to complete the analogy:

Hot : Cold :: Close : ___________.

• Near

• Together

• Knit

• Far

Complete the analogy:

Sailboat is to sailing as car is to _______________.

• moving

• driving

• halt

• race car

Which analogy is written correctly?

• Near is to far as stop is to halt

• Near is to close as stop is to go

• Near is to far as stop is to go

• Close is to far as go is to move

Which of the analogies is written correctly

• Yell :: scream : whisper :: talk

• Yell is to whisper as whisper :: talk

• Yell is to whisper as Scream is to Yell

• Yell : Scream :: Whisper : Talk

Words that have the same denotations are called:

• Acronyms

• Antonyms

• Homophones

• Synonyms

If you look up a word in the dictionary, you find its ___________.

• Connotation

• Denotation

• Synonym

• Homophone

A teacher would be more likely to use the ______________ of a word when giving the literal definition.

• Connotation

• Antonym

• Denotation

• Homophone

Connotations are the ___________________ definition of a word.

• Literal

• Exaggerated

• Unrealistic

• Emotional

True or False: Denotations can be positive or negative

• True

• False

• What's a Denotation?

• Connotations are the same as Denotations