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Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2mins
What is tone
A musical or vocal sound.
The author's attitude toward the subject or audience.
What is connotation
The feeling that a word gives.
The words literal meaning.
The feeling and literal meaning.
What is denotation
The feeling or idea of a word.
The literal/primary meaning of a word.
The feeling and literal meaning.
What is the author's word choice.
The formal or casual tone of the subject.
THe words the author choose because they can.
The individual words, phrases, and expressions that the author uses.
The descriptive, figurative, our informal language of the subject.
Which section could you find this topic.
Making meaning.
Language development.
Effective expression.
What part of making meaning is this part of.
Concept vocabulary.
Research.
Analyze the text.
Analyze craft and structure.
Which stories was this from?
"Hanging Fire" and "Translating Grandfather's house."
"The Medicine Bag."
"You Are The Electric Boogaloo" and "Be Yourself."
"The Setting Sun And The Rolling World."
What can the author's tone be described by?
Adjectives (casual, serious, etc.)
Nouns (location, objects, etc.)
Pronouns (me, she, etc.)
Adverbs (after, afterwards, etc.)
Can connotations be positive or negative?
Only Positive
Only Negative
Both
It doesn't matter
What is the difference between connotation and denotation
Connotation is the literal meaning and denotation is the feeling of the word.
Connotation is the feeling of the word and denotation is the literal meaning.
There is none
