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Connotation and Denotation

Authored by KELLY KEACH

English

6th Grade

20 Questions

CCSS covered

Used 17+ times

Connotation and Denotation
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Denotation is a word's ____________.

literal, dictionary definitiol

emotional meaning

synonym

antonym

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Connotation is a word's ___________.

synonym
emotional meaning
antonym

literal, dictionary definition

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The word scrawny, as in "Jason appeared scrawny," has a _________ connotation.

positive
negative

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

positive
negative

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

McDonald's is an inexpensive meal. If you change the word inexpensive to cheap, the word now has a ____ connotation.

positive
negative

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Choose the word with the positive connotation.
gathering--mob

gathering
mob

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

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