CONNOTATION vs. Denotation

What are connotations?

• Words that end in vowels

• Dictionary definition of a word

• Words that have feelings attached to them

• Describing words

The word odor has a

• negative connotation

• positive connotation

POSITIVE CONNOTATION:

Her methods of solving problems are sometimes _______________.

• bizarre

• outrageous

• inane

• unusual

Which is Denotation?

• What you think the meaning is with feelings and emotions.

• The literal meaning of a word.

What is the most negative connotation?

“Walter: Sometimes it’s like I can see the future stretched out in front of me – just plain as day. The future, Mama. Hanging over there at the edge of my days. Just waiting for me — a big, _______ blank space – full of nothing. Just waiting for me. But it don’t have to be.”

• approaching

• emerging

• looming

• moving

What word gives a NEGATIVE connotation?

• nasty

• exciting

• carefree

• bashful

The word curious has a

• negative connotation

• positive connotation

The word immature has a

• negative connotation

• positive connotation

Which Is Connotation?

• The literal meaning of a word.

• What you feel like the meaning is with feelings and emotions.

Connotation is a word's ___________.

• synonym

• emotional meaning

• antonym

• literal, dictionary definition