CFA 1.5 Review

Which connotation is MORE positive?
________ people rode on the roller coaster.

• Brave
• Foolhardy

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Which connotation is MORE positive?
We saw ______ animals in the animal house.

• fascinating
• weird

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CCSS.L.9-10.5B

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Which connotation is MORE negative?
We bought _____ souvenirs at the amusement park.

• cheap
• inexpensive

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Which connotation is MORE negative?
Mike _______ us to go to the funny house.

• nagged
• reminded

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What is denotation?

• Direct meaning of a word or dictionary meaning.
• It means down.
• Let me ask my friend
• It means to note the word.

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What is connotation?

• The feeling or context

• Dictionary meaning of a word.

• I don't know!

• Unknown meaning

What is an example of denotation?

• Childish being negative while youthful is positive

• Dreamer- a person who is dreaming or has dreams

• Candy apples are very delicious.

• How have you been?

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Consider the following sentences. I hear my brother talking on the phone with his girlfriend. I hear my brother chatting on the phone with his girlfriend. How does the connotation of the word chatting in the second sentence convey the author’s purpose?

• It implies the conversation is not serious.

• It implies that the conversation is funny.

• It implies anger or resentment in the conversations.

• It implies the conversation is very serious.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5B

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Read the sentences and answer the question. I gave the most difficult task to Yandy because she is the most stubborn person I know. I gave the most difficult task to Yandy because she is the most persistent person I know. How does the connotation of the word persistent in the second sentence convey the author’s purpose?

• It implies a positive characteristic.

• It implies an increasingly negative characteristic.

• It implies a careless characteristic.

• It implies a playfully irresponsible characteristic.

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Choose the word with the negative connotation.

• chat
• gossip
• news
• report

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CCSS.L.11-12.5B