Connotation and Denotation

Denotation is a word's ____________.

• Literal, dictionary definition

• Emotional meaning

• synonym

• antonym

Referring to someone's house as a "shack" would have a __________ connotation.

• positive

• negative

Identify the word that has the more positive connotation

• Immature

• Youthful

Ginny was a nosy child. She wanted to know about everything that happened in the little town of Darington.

What is the dictionary meaning of nosy in the sentence above?

• Interesting, unusual

• Intelligent, smart

• Similar, identical

• Curious, inquisitive

Buster was a puny dog. He could not even scare the cat that lived next door.

What is the dictionary meaning of the word puny in the sentence above?

• Noisy or loud

• Large in actions or words

• Undersized or small

• Heavy or overweight

Connotation and Denotation are two ways to describe the meanings of ________________

• planets

• birds

• words

• sentences

the emotion that a word generates, extra implied meaning

• Denotation

• Connotation

dictionary definition

• Denotation

• Connotation

type of connotation that does not make you feel good or bad, just in the middle

• positive connotation

• neutral connotation

• negative connotation

Sad has a _____ connotation.

• positive

• negative

• neutral

• green eggs and ham