Figurative/connotative meaning, Tone, Analogy, Allusion

Which of the following best describes "connotative meaning"?

• The dictionary definition of a word

• The positive/negative associations people have with a word

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CCSS.L.8.5C

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CCSS.RL.8.4

Do these lyrics from Katy Perry's song "Firework" use LITERAL language or FIGURATIVE language?

Baby you're a firework

Come on let your colors burst

• LITERAL

• FIGURATIVE

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CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

Does the following lyric from Katy Perry's "Firework" use ANALOGY or ALLUSION?

Do you ever feel like a plastic bag

Drifting thought the wind

Wanting to start again

• ANALOGY

• ALLUSION

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Choose the TWO options that could describe the TONE of a piece of writing.

• It is about love

• Hopeful

• Anxious

• It is comparing hope to a bird

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CCSS.L.4.3A

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CCSS.L.6.3B

Which of the following lines from Drake's "Forever" is an example of ALLUSION?

• I went hard all fall like the ball teams

• Swimming in the money come and find me, Nemo

• Chasing that stardom would turn you into a maniac

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

What meaning are we meant to take from these lyrics from the song "Life's a Dance"?

Life's a dance you learn as you go

Sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow

Don't worry about what you don't know

Life's a dance you learn as you go

• This is an analogy comparing life with a dance that you have to learn along the way.

• This is meant to be taken literally--we should all dance when we walk anywhere

• This is meant to create a tone of control--we should always take charge of our lives and never let go of that control

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CCSS.L.6.5B

CCSS.L.8.5B

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

True or False: The word "allusion" refers to something that appears to be there, but really is not

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

True or False: The tone of a piece of writing is not stated by the writer; it must be determined by the reader

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

In the following sentence, which word has the most negative CONNOTATIVE meaning?

They live in the shack down the street.

• They

• live

• shack

• street

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Choose the TWO examples of ANALOGY:

• Don't go chasing waterfalls

  Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to

  I know that you're gonna have it your way or nothing at all

  But I think you're moving too fast

• The paragraph song, it's the paragraph song. Aye, aye, aye.

• I'm like a bird, I'll only fly away. I don't know where my soul is. I don't know where my home is.

• Don't you wanna dance with me? No?

  I could dance like Michael Jackson

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5