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1. Select the sentence that has the connotative meaning of the word blue.
2. Which connotation is MORE negative? I didn't like the _____ on the jester's face.
3. I saw a big snake in the backyard.
4. Read the sentences and answer the question. Winning by seven strokes, Jordan Speith won the tournament. Winning by seven strokes, Jordan Speith dominated the tournament. How does the connotation of the word dominated in the second sentence convey the author's purpose?
5. What does cloak mean in this sentence? The weather report says that thick, gray fog will cloak the entire city.
6. Connotation can be described by all of the following EXCEPT
7. "RUTH (Soothingly, older than her years) Now _____ you taking it all too seriously. You just got strong-willed children and it takes a strong woman like you to keep 'em in hand." (A Raisin in the Sun, Act I, Scene One, 169)Does strong-willed have positive, negative or neutral connotations in this sentence?
8. She is childlike.
9. Choose the word with the positive connotation. gathering _____ mob
10. The dictionary definition is also know as the _____ ?
11. Which is the best answer? Which is more serious?
12. The denotation of the word dog.
13. Since dying my hair pink and wearing mismatched concerse sneakers, my pesky little brother says I'm _____
14. Choose the best answer, use the context clues. Which is better to say?
15. Bernard likes to know what other people are doing.Which has the more POSITIVE (+) connotation to describe him?
16. What word has a POSITIVE Connotation for the definition:influence one way or another
17. He was angry with me because I had broken his pen.
18. I like your jacket. It is very cool.
19. The teacher was mildly intimated by Merdine's bossy behavior. If you change the word bossy to assertive, the word now has a _____ connotation.
20. Choose the word that best completes the sentence. Hint:Determine the connotation (positive or negative) through context clues. Although the problem was difficult to resolve, Sandra and John were _____ in searching for an answer. Their teacher was quite proud.
21. Grandpa is thrifty.
22. Select the sentence that has the connotative meaning of the word snake.
23. These words all have the same meaning:steed, horse, nag. Which word has neither a positive or negative connotation?
24. A connotation can be both positive and negative.
25. The words jump and hop would be considered _____
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