Connotations and Denotations

What is Denotation?

• Facial Expressions and Movements

• Feelings and Emotion.

• The Dictionary Definition.

• None of the above.

What is Connotation?

• The Dictionary Definition

• Feelings and Emotions.

• What you think.

• None of the above.

What types of Connotations are there?

• Positive

• None

• Negative

• Neutral

• Bad

Curious is a ______ Connotation

Which are Negative Connotations?

• Cheap

• Assertive

• Stubborn

• All of the Above

What is this?

Book

a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.

• The Dictionary Definition

• Denotation

• Connotation

• Neutral

What can you do to figure out a word's connotation?

• Look up the exact definition in the dictionary.

• Read the surrounding context (words around the connotation)

• I don't know.

Which word has a POSITIVE connotation?

• Smirk

• Smile

• Smug

• I don't know

What type of connotation does the word unusual have? (That painting is unusual.)

• Positive

• Negative

• Neutral

• I don't know

What type of connotation does the word respectful have? (That child is respectful.)

• Positive

• Negative

• Neutral

• I don't know