Exercise #3 - Shades of Meaning

Denotation is...

• everything the word suggests and all the associations that come with it

• the literal definition (meaning) of a word

• how the word makes you feel

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What does connotation refer to in a word?

• The emotional or cultural association with that word

• The physical representation of a word

• The dictionary definition of a word

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What is the connotation of the word 'elegant'?

• Clumsy

• Sophisticated

• Unsophisticated

• Rough

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5.c

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.5.c

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.c

What does the term 'frugal' imply?

• Being careful with resources and money

• Being lavish and extravagant

• Being generous and giving

• Being wasteful and reckless

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.4

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5.c

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.5.c

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.c

What is the definition of a synonym?

• a word that describes an action

• a word that has the same/similar meaning as another word

• a word that has the opposite meaning of another word

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5.c

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.5.c

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.c

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.4

Choose the synonym that best completes the sentence below.

The concert music was _______! I couldn't hear anything for hours afterward!

• loud

• blaring

• noisy

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.5.c

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Choose the synonym that best completes the sentence below.

The wicked witch ____________ menacingly as she cast her spell.

• smiled

• cackled

• laughed

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.4

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5.c

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.5.c

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.c

Organize these adjectives into the correct categories

Groups:

(a) Scared

,

(b) Sad

,

(c) Happy

,

(d) Mad

• Delighted

• Disappointed

• Pleased

• Shaken

• Irritable

• Heated

• Anxious

• Terrified

• Crushed

• Irate

• Glad

• Blue

• Excited

• Panicked

• Gloomy

• Frustrated

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5.c

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.5.c

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.4

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.c

What does "shades of meaning" mean?

• When words are similar but have weaker and stronger meanings

• When colors are similar but have weaker and stronger tones.

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5.c

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.5.c

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.c

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.4

Which choice below shows the words in the correct order of intensity (weakest to strongest)?

• wreck, destroy, damage

• destroy, damage, wreck

• damage, wreck, destroy

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CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.4

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5.c

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.7.5.c

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.5.c