Vocab Terminology

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Literal, dictionary definition of a word

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denotation

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Emotional or figurative meaning of a word

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connotation

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Reading around an unknown word to determine its meaning.

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Context clues.

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Word meaning roughly the same thing

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synonym

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Synonyms can have different:

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Connotations.

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Origin of a word, including its language, prefixes, suffixes, and roots.

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etymology

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Connotation can be described by all EXCEPT: positive, negative, neutral, synonym.

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synonym

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The word 'scrawny' has a _________ connotation.

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negative

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Referring to someone's house as a "shack" has a __________ connotation.

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negative

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Familiar smell of cooking changed to 'stench' has a ____________ connotation.

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negative