Connotation/Denotation Basics Review Game Question Preview (ID: 38581)


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Denotation
a) dictionary meaning; literal meaning of word
b) feelings or emotions associated with a word
c) dictionary
d) meaning

Connotation
a) feelings or emotions associated with a word
b) dictionary meaning; literal meaning of word
c) dictionary
d) feeling

Positive Connotations for Friend
a) Dog
b) Sneaky friend
c) Untrustworthy pal
d) disloyal person

Which animal has a negative connotation for a sneaky person
a) snake
b) horse
c) bird
d) fish

Which usually negative word has a positive connotation when it means highly skilled at something such as sports
a) beast
b) weirdo
c) turf
d) clam

What is the denotative word for an organ that pumps blood, but its connotative means an object of affection?
a) heart
b) lung
c) skin
d) kidney

Which denotative word means lowering in temperature
a) cool
b) dropping
c) freeze
d) snow

Raining cats and dogs means it's
a) raining very profusely
b) snowing outside
c) money is falling from the sky
d) animals are falling from the sky

Bringing home the bacon is an idiom that means
a) bringing home money from honest working
b) bringing home Wright's bacon from the grocery store
c) pigs come wrapped in something
d) turkeys run loose in your yard

Which word literally means frosting to a cake
a) icing
b) flaking
c) broiling
d) making something even better

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