Connotation & Denotation

What is the meaning of connotation?

• Emotional meaning of a word

• An emotional outburst

• Official meaning of a word

• Refers to emotional atmosphere

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What is the meaning of denotation?

• It represents something else (emble, token, etc.)

• The emotion of a word

• The art of lasagna baking

• The official meaning or dictionary definition of a word

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What is an example of denotation?

• Childish being negative while youthful is positive

• Dreamer- a person who is dreaming or has dreams

• Candy apples are very delicious.

• How have you been?

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Is this an example of a positive connotation?

“She has a very energetic mindset!”

• Yes!

• No!

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Is this an example of denotation?

Chicken - a domestic fowl kept for its eggs or meat, especially a young one.

• Yes.

• No.

I recognized the familiar smell of my roommate's cooking. If you change the word smell to stench, the word now has a ____________ connotation.

• positive

• negative

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Which connotation is MORE positive?

________ people rode on the roller coaster.

• Brave

• Daredevil

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The connotation of a word can be.... (Choose all the correct answers)

• positive

• negative

• neutral

• true

• false

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Which of the following has the most positive connotation?

• carefree

• lazy

• unbothered

• unworried

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Consider the following sentences.

I hear my brother screaming on the phone with his girlfriend.

I hear my brother raising his voice on the phone with his girlfriend.

How does the connotation of the word raising his voice in the second sentence convey the author’s purpose?

• It implies the conversation is not serious.

• It implies that the conversation is funny.

• It implies anger or resentment in the conversation.

• It implies the conversation is very serious or intense.

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