Word groups and meanings
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In the end they’d designed something implausible, a town house of poured concrete with a glass façade.
negative connotation
positive connotation
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.L.6.5C
CCSS.L.11-12.5B
CCSS.RL.8.4
2.
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.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.L.6.5C
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
It was a beautiful spring day, and the (stench,scent) of apple blossoms filled the whole yard.
Determine whether the speaker is showing approval(+) or disapproval(-) and choose the best word in parentheses.
Tags
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RL.8.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.7.4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Hint: Determine the connotation (positive or negative) through context clues.
My friend is very careful about spending money. I admire that, so I call him ______________.
thrifty
stingy
miserly
selfish
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.L.8.5C
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.L.7.5C
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of these does not reflect what "connotation" means?
the emotional weight of a word
the way a word makes the reader/listener feel
the most literal meaning of a word
the impact that a word has on the listener/reader
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.L.6.5C
CCSS.L.7.5C
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.6.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Choose negative word: The child was known as being _____.
dishonest
imaginative
Tags
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
CCSS.L.6.5C
CCSS.L.8.5C
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.L.9-10.5B
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Choose the word with the positive connotation.
Tags
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.L.6.5C
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.L.11-12.5B
CCSS.L.9-10.5B
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