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WorksheetsFigurative Language Connotative Meaning
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 5mins
(of words and phrases) used not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning. Like when you use a word or phrase that does not have its normal everyday, literal meaning.
Figurative
Technical
Connotative
When the writer uses this meaning to associate positive, negative, or neutral emotions with words. They are used to draw an emotional response from their reader.
Figurative
Connotative
Technical
Are used in specific areas of different fields. These words are used to describe the meanings of specific things.
Figurative
Connotative
Technical
Similes, metaphors, and hyperboles are all examples of using figurative language.
True
False
Choose the example for technical meaning.
Sunshine colored daisies filled the grassy fields.
Flowers as fresh as a load of laundry.
The seed begins the life cycle of a plant.
Choose the example for figurative meaning.
The students sounded like a zoo was released inside the cafeteria.
The male lion has a mane that surrounds its face.
The vicious lion pounced at the innocent zebra.
Connotative words can draw (a) , negative, or neutral responses from a reader.
Identify the word from this sentence that has a negative connotation: The nosy student tried to peek at his teacher's computer.
student
nosy
tried
his
