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Connotation and Denotation Check for Understanding

Authored by Alda Garrett

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 12+ times

Connotation and Denotation Check for Understanding
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which word has a POSITIVE Connotation for the definition:


look steadily

gaze

stare

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which word has a NEGATIVE Connotation for the definition:


look steadily

gaze

stare

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What word has a POSITIVE Connotation for the definition:


a smell sensed by the olfactory nerve

Order

Fragrance

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What word has a NEGATIVE Connotation for the definition:


a smell sensed by the olfactory nerve

Odor

Fragrance

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What word has a POSITIVE Connotation for the definition:


influence one way or another

brainwash

persuade

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What word has a NEGATIVE Connotation for the definition:


influence one way or another

brainwash

persuade

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following terms could be considered the actual DENOTATION (dictionary definition) for a term based on the three choices below?


delayed, not on time, tardy

delayed

not on time

tardy

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