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Connotations and Denotations are two ways of describing:
a) Words
b) Birds
c) Sentences
d) Paragraphs

Which of the following words has a negative CONNOTATION?
a) Confident
b) Eager
c) Arrogant
d) Motivated

What is the DENOTATION of a word?
a) A feeling associated with a word.
b) The dictionary meaning of a word
c) Another word with the same meaning
d) Another word with the opposite meaning

Which of the following words has a neutral connotation?
a) Beautiful
b) Ugly
c) Chair
d) Horrific

If someone called you childish, would it be considered a negative or positive connotation?
a) Negative
b) Positive
c)
d)

Which of the following words has the same DENOTATION as childish?
a) cute
b) small
c) youthful
d) lazy

Which word's connotation is similar to that of childish?
a) children's
b) adolescent
c) teenage
d) immature

Which of these words has the most negative connotation?
a) Fortitude
b) Eavesdropping
c) Disposed
d) Undaunted

Which sentence has the most positive connotation?
a) Brave people rode the tilt-a-whirl.
b) Foolhardy people rode the tilt-a-whirl.
c) No one rode the tilt-a-whirl.
d) Uneasy people rode the tilt-a-whirl.

Why do writers use CONNOTATION and DENOTATION?
a) To make their poem rhyme
b) To better express their ideas and feelings in a positive or negative way
c) To predict the outcome of the story
d) To build the plot

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