Connotation and Denotation Check for Understanding

Which word has a POSITIVE Connotation for the definition:

look steadily

• gaze

• stare

Which word has a NEGATIVE Connotation for the definition:

look steadily

• gaze

• stare

What word has a POSITIVE Connotation for the definition:

a smell sensed by the olfactory nerve

• Order

• Fragrance

What word has a NEGATIVE Connotation for the definition:

a smell sensed by the olfactory nerve

• Odor

• Fragrance

What word has a POSITIVE Connotation for the definition:

influence one way or another

• brainwash

• persuade

What word has a NEGATIVE Connotation for the definition:

influence one way or another

• brainwash

• persuade

Which of the following terms could be considered the actual DENOTATION (dictionary definition) for a term based on the three choices below?

delayed, not on time, tardy

• delayed

• not on time

• tardy

Which of the following terms could be considered the actual DENOTATION (dictionary definition) for a term based on the three choices below?

somewhat interested, nosy, curious

• somewhat interested

• nosy

• curious

What word has a NEGATIVE Connotation for the definition:

without haste

• leisurely

• lazily

What word has a POSITIVE Connotation for the definition:

without haste

• leisurely

• lazily