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Which word has a positive connotation?
a) inexpensive
b) cheap
c)
d)

Which word has a negative connotation?
a) curious
b) nosy
c)
d)

Choose the sentence that uses the negative connotation of the word in ALL CAPS.
a) We want you to visit our TRANQUIL island.
b) When you arrive, hotel staffers in EXOTIC costumes will greet you.
c) Hotel staffers will bring you STINKY foods that are native to the region.
d) Visit our marketplaces to spend your money on our famous COLLECTIBLES.

Which phrase has a positive connotation?
a) a slender dancer
b) a scrawny dancer
c)
d)

The term that means the feelings and ideas associated with a word.
a) Personification
b) Connotation
c) Definition
d) Senence

Read these lines from the poem. Sewn with blue yarn and stamped with striped bass—Catawba, Combahee, Congaree; Savannah, Saluda, Santee. What figurative language is used in these lines?
a) onomatopoiea
b) alliteration
c) metaphor
d) oxymoron

The actual dictionary definition of a word
a) connotation
b) denotation
c) personification
d) plot

What type of figurative language the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds, such as buzz and hiss?
a) onomatopoeia
b) personification
c) simile
d) metaphor

What type of figurative language is a figure of speech that uses contradictory terms, which means words that don’t appear to go well together, like icy hot or pretty ugly?
a) sentence
b) metaphor
c) simile
d) oxymoron

What is denotation?
a) The feelings surrounding a word.
b) The dictionary defintion
c) Human characteristics
d) Sound devices

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