Denotative and Connotative

How does the connotation of the word persistent in the second sentence convey the author's purpose?

• It implies a positive characteristic.

• It implies a careless characteristic.

• It implies an increasingly negative characteristic.

• It implies a playfully irresponsible characteristic.

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CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Write a sentence for "Giggle", and "Cackle" based on their connotations and identify the connotations i.e. positive, neutral or negative.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.5B

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

(adjective) the suggesting of a meaning by a word apart from the thing it explicitly names or describes

(adjetivo) la sugerencia de un significado por una palabra aparte de la cosa que nombra o describe explícitamente

• Connotative (Connotativo)

• Symbol (Símbolo)

• Context (Contexto)

• Denotative (Denotativo)

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

(noun) something that stands for or suggests something else by reason of relationship, association, convention, or accidental resemblance

(sustantivo) algo que representa o sugiere otra cosa por razón de relación, asociación, convención o semejanza accidental

• Connotative (Connotativo)

• Symbol (Símbolo)

• Context (Contexto)

• Denotative (Denotativo)

Tags

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

These meanings are based on the positive or negative associations and feelings people have when they read a word or phrase.

• denotative

• connotative

• technical

• personification

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LAFS.7.RI.2.4

The dictionary meaning of a word is also known as _________.

• personification

• denotation

• simile

• onomatopoeia

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LAFS.7.RI.2.4

___________ is the type of meaning a word has based on the negative and positive associations and feelings people have when they read a word or phrase

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LAFS.7.RI.2.4

Identify the word from this sentence that has a negative connotation: The nosy student tried to peek at his teacher's computer.

• student

• nosy

• tried

• his

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LAFS.7.RI.2.4

What does connotation mean?

• It is always the positive meaning of a word.

• How a word feels or sounds to the reader. Could be positive or negative.

• The dictionary definition of a word.

• It is always the negative meaning of a word.

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

I am now becoming an elephant, gaining every week pounds by pounds.

• connotative

• denotative

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4