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Connotation Denotation
Test Description: Connotation and Denotation
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which word has a positive connotation?
A
cheap
B
inexpensive
2) Which word has a negative connotation?
A
curious
B
nosy
3) Choose the sentence that uses the negative connotation of the word in ALL CAPS.
A
We want you to visit our TRANQUIL island.
B
Hotel staffers will bring you STINKY foods that are native to the region.
C
When you arrive, hotel staffers in EXOTIC costumes will greet you.
D
Visit our marketplaces to spend your money on our famous COLLECTIBLES.
4) Which phrase has a positive connotation?
A
a slender dancer
B
a scrawny dancer
5) The term that means the feelings and ideas associated with a word.
A
Personification
B
Definition
C
Connotation
D
Senence
6) 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
metaphor
B
onomatopoiea
C
alliteration
D
oxymoron
7) The actual dictionary definition of a word
A
denotation
B
connotation
C
personification
D
plot
8) What type of figurative language the naming of a thing or action by imitation of natural sounds, such as buzz and hiss?
A
metaphor
B
simile
C
personification
D
onomatopoeia
9) 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
metaphor
B
sentence
C
oxymoron
D
simile
10) What is denotation?
A
Sound devices
B
Human characteristics
C
The dictionary defintion
D
The feelings surrounding a word.
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