PIRATES Core Values Denotation Connotation

The dictionary definition refers to

• denotation

• connotation

• synonym

• antonym

• glossary

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

The connotation of a word can be

• positive

• negative

• neutral

• true

• false

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CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The word odor has a

• negative connotation

• positive connotation

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CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The word curious has a

• negative connotation

• positive connotation

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CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

The word youthful has a

• negative connotation

• positive connotation

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CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The word immature has a

• negative connotation

• positive connotation

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CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The word lazily has a

• negative connotation

• positive connotation

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CCSS.L.11-12.5B

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is connotation? 

• a more agreeable or less offensive substitute for a generally unpleasant word or concept 
• the literal meaning of a word
• a figure of speech in which one word or phrase is substituted for another with which it is closely associated
• all the meanings, associations, or emotions that a word suggests

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CCSS.L.3.3A

CCSS.L.4.3A

CCSS.L.5.3A

CCSS.L.6.3A

CCSS.L.6.3B

the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing is called

• persuasion

• arguing

• rhetoric

• complaining

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Diction is the literary term that means

• The connections we have with words

• An author's choice of words

• The definition of words

• The common way of speaking with friends

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D