Denotation and Connotation

Which connotation is MORE positive?
________ people rode on the roller coaster.

• Brave

• Foolhardy

Which word has a positive connotation?

• brainwash

• persuade

I gave the most difficult task to Yandy because she is the most stubborn person I know. I gave the most difficult task to Yandy because she is the most persistent person I know. How does the connotation of the word persistent in the second sentence convey the author’s purpose?

• It implies a positive characteristic.

• It implies an increasingly negative characteristic.

• It implies a careless characteristic.

• It implies a playfully irresponsible characteristic.

Connotation and Denotation are two ways to describe the meanings of ________________

• planets

• birds

• words

• sentences

All words have a connotation and a denotation. If you look up the word 'snake' in the dictionary, it would define a reptile. If you called someone 'snake', it would be an example of a

• positive connotation

• denotation

• negative connotation

Connotations refers to a meaning that is implied by a word. Connotations are often decided by cultural and emotional meanings. If someone called you childish, would it be considered a negative or positive connotation?

• positive

• negative

Which phrase has a negative connotation?

• a stingy person

• a thrifty person

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

Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Hint: Determine the connotation (positive or negative) through context clues.

I admire the man who jumped on the subway tracks to rescue a stranger. He was certainly ________________.

• foolhearty

• courageous

• rash

• reckless

Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Hint: Determine the connotation (positive or negative) through context clues. Although the problem was difficult to resolve, Sandra and John were ________________ in searching for an answer. Their teacher was quite proud.

• persistent

• stubborn

• bullheaded

• headstrong