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Meaning of Words and Phrases(AKS-13)

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does abstract mean in the sentence?
Abstract concepts like love and beauty filled Ryan's mind as he thought of Carla.
a)
Theoretical ideas without physical exsistance
b)
To remove something
c)
A summary of formal writing
d)
A type of art
2.
What does the word frequents mean in the sentence?
Ally frequents the bakery.
a)
To do often
b)
To visit often
c)
Short distance apart
d)
Answer not shown
3.
Denotation refers to
a)
literal meaning
b)
emotional meaning
c)
positive feeling
d)
negative feeling
4.
Connotation refers to
a)
Literal meaning
b)
emotional meaning
c)
negative feeling
d)
positive feeling
5.
Identify the connotation in the sentence
The woman was childlike 
a)
Woman
b)
Was
c)
Childlike
d)
The
6.
What is the connotation in the sentence?
She was getting bullied for being to skinny
a)
Skinny
b)
Was
c)
Bullied
d)
Getting
7.
What is the simile defining?
She hung her head like a dying flower
a)
Depression
b)
Feeling ashamed
c)
Death
d)
Working
8.
What is the simile defining?
As in depths of many seas,  my heart was drowned in memories.
a)
Concentration
b)
Drowning
c)
Sleep
d)
Swimming
9.
Choose the word with the more  negative connotation?
A woman ran her fingers across the ___ fabrics.
a)
Overpriced
b)
Cheap
c)
Expensive
d)
Quality
10.
Which word has a positive connotation?
a)
Nosy
b)
Loser
c)
Lazy
d)
Curious
11.
If someone uses the term'' rugrat'' , is this a denotation or connotative definition for the term ''child''?
a)
Connotative
b)
Denotative
c)
Neither
12.
What is a connotative meaning of the terms''babe''
a)
A baby pig
b)
Someone your attracted to
c)
A wig