Connotation Denotation

MOST POSITIVE Connotation for "lazy":

• slow

• inactive

• heavy

• good for nothing

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which connotation is more positive? We saw ____ animals in the animal house.

• fascinating

• weird

Tags

9.1.1

I recognized the familiar smell of my roommate's cooking. If you change the word smell to stench, the word now has a ____________ connotation.

• positive
• negative

Tags

9.1.2

the emotional and/or figurative meaning of a word

• denotation
• connotation
• etymology
• context clues

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the literal, dictionary definition of a word

• denotation
• connotation
• etymology
• synonym

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

word that means the roughly same thing

• synonym
• connotation
• etymology
• context clue

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

synonyms can have different

• connotations
• denotations
• definitions

Tags

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

CCSS.L.9-10.4A

connotation can be described by all of the following EXCEPT

• positive
• negative
• neutral
• synonym

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

the literal, dictionary definition of a word

• denotation
• connotation
• etymology
• synonym

Tags

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

the emotional and/or figurative meaning of a word

• denotation
• connotation
• etymology
• context clues

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D