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Word Choice & Tone

Authored by Melissa Weisser

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

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Word Choice & Tone
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is denotation?

Dictionary definition of a word

Feeling associated with a word

How you write a word

Figurative language

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is connotation?

Dictionary definition of a word

Feeling associated with a word

How you write a word

Figurative language

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the denotation of the word "destruction"?

Causing so much damage that something can no longer exist

a negative feeling

a positive feeling

Building something that will last forever

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the connotation of the word "eliminate"?

Causing so much damage that something can no longer exist

a negative feeling

a positive feeling

Building something that will last forever

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In which of the following examples does the underlined word have a positive connotation?

The girl smiled at her mom.

The water overflowed the banks of the river.

The neighbors were noisy last night.

The cod is a fish that is caught in the Northern Atlantic Ocean.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In which of the following examples does the underlined word have a negative connotation?

The girl smiled at her mom.

The water overflowed the banks of the river.

The neighbors were noisy last night.

The cod is a fish that is caught in the Northern Atlantic Ocean.

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which word BEST makes the sentence have a positive connotation?

My mother cooks __________ meals.

burned

large

delicious

inexpensive

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

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