Connotation and Denotation

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• Positive Connotation

• Negative Connotation

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

A thoughtful response

• Positive Connotation

• Negative Connotation

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

An easygoing friend

• Positive Connotation

• Negative Connotation

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which has the more positive connotation?

• stylish

• faddish

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Which phrase has a negative connotative meaning?

• He wasted his time playing PUBG instead of studying.

• He invested his time in his schooling, and now he's first in his class.

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

Does the word in bold have denotative or connotative meaning?

• Denotative

• Connotative

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

If you change the word "smell" to "stench", the word has what kind of connotation?

• Negative

• Positive

• Neutral

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

The word scrawny, as in the sentence below, has what kind of connotation?

• Positive

• Neutral

• Negative

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.8.5C

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is an example of denotation?

• Childish is negative; while youthful is positive.

• How have you been?

• Dreamer (adj.): a person who is dreaming or has dreams.

• Candy apples are very delicious.

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

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.7.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4