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Connotations and Denotations

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Denotation?

a)

Facial Expressions and Movements

b)

Feelings and Emotion.

c)

The Dictionary Definition.

d)

None of the above.

2.

What is Connotation?

a)

The Dictionary Definition

b)

Feelings and Emotions.

c)

What you think.

d)

None of the above.

3.

What types of Connotations are there?

a)

Positive

b)

None

c)

Negative

d)

Neutral

e)

Bad

4.

Curious is a (a)   Connotation

5.

Which are Negative Connotations?

a)

Cheap

b)

Assertive

c)

Stubborn

d)

All of the Above

6.

What is this?

Book

a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.

a)

The Dictionary Definition

b)

Denotation

c)

Connotation

d)

Neutral

7.

What can you do to figure out a word's connotation?

a)

Look up the exact definition in the dictionary.

b)

Read the surrounding context (words around the connotation)

c)

I don't know.

8.

Which word has a POSITIVE connotation?

a)

Smirk

b)

Smile

c)

Smug

d)

I don't know

9.

What type of connotation does the word unusual have? (That painting is unusual.)

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Neutral

d)

I don't know

10.

What type of connotation does the word respectful have? (That child is respectful.)

a)

Positive

b)

Negative

c)

Neutral

d)

I don't know