This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Vocabulary > Connotation And Denotation – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Connotation And Denotation Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The literary term "diction" refers to A) The dictionary definition of a word. B) The way we speak. C) An author's choice of words. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An author's choice of words. 2. The emotion that a word generates, extra implied meaning A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 3. The connotation of the word dove. A) Bird. B) Peace. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peace. 4. Mark was sick of getting a dozen annoying e-mails with jokes from Sally every day. He wrote a sloppy reply letting her know that he wasn't allowed to receive silly e-mails at school.What does the word "sick" suggest Mark was feeling as it is used in the first sentence of this story? A) Full. B) Nauseous. C) Fed up with. D) Bored. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fed up with. 5. Which phrase has negative connotation? A) A box filled with documents. B) A box crammed with documents. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A box crammed with documents. 6. Type of connotation that makes you feel dislike or bad about something A) Positive connotation. B) Neutral connotation. C) Negative connotation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negative connotation. 7. What does "cluttered" imply? A) Neat. B) Disorganized. C) Spacious. D) Clean. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disorganized. 8. What is the dictionary definition of a word? A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Denotation. 9. What is a positive connotation of ugly? A) Unattractive. B) Gruesome. C) Cute. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unattractive. 10. Write a negative connotation:Mike (a) us to go to the funny house. A) A. nagged. B) Reminded. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. nagged. 11. Connotation is A) How the word makes you feel. B) The actual definition of the word. C) How many syllables are in the word. D) The part of speech. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) How the word makes you feel. 12. A word's denotation is its dictionary definition. But a word can also evoke certain thoughts and feelings. The thoughts and feelings associated with a certain word are called the connotation of the word. Words with the same denotation can have different connotations. Connotations can be positive, negative or neutral.Which of the following has a positive connotation? A) A strong reek. B) A strong aroma. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A strong aroma. 13. The word hurricane has a A) Negative connotation. B) Positive connotation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative connotation. 14. An emotional and/or personal interpretation to a word other than its dictionary meaning. A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 15. Which connotation is most positive? We saw ..... animals at the zoo. A) Werid. B) Strange. C) Different. D) Fascinating. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fascinating. 16. Which figurative language term means "to make a comparison between two unlike things without using like or as?" A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Simile. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 17. "The sooner we move out of this (home, dump), " said Jack, "the happier I'll be." A) Dump. B) Home. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dump. 18. All words have a connotation and a denotation. If you look up the word 'snake' in the dictionary, it would define a reptile. If you called someone 'snake', it would be an example of a A) Positive connotation. B) Denotation. C) Negative connotation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Negative connotation. 19. Choose the most appropriate word that can be inserted in the blank. We were all so sorry to hear that you had gotten ..... from the plant. A) Fired. B) Let go. C) Kicked out. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Let go. 20. Which word has the most negative connotation? A) Dirty. B) Dusty. C) Filthy. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Filthy. 21. Sit down. What kind of sentence is this an example of. A) Interrogative. B) Declarative. C) Exclamatory. D) Imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imperative. 22. The writer's attitude toward or feelings about the subject matter and audience A) Mood. B) Voice. C) Shift. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tone. 23. When Mom discovered that Dad had forgotten to take out the trash, and Bruno, our huge boxer, had rummaged through it all day, Dad found himself in the doghouse with Mom. A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 24. Identify the connotation of the word 'home' in the sentence:'I can't wait to go home.' A) Negative and unsettling. B) Positive and comforting. C) Neutral and indifferent. D) Confusing and disorienting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Positive and comforting. 25. What is a connotation? A) A dictionary meaning of a word. B) A synonym of a negative word. C) A secondary meaning of a word created by others. D) An unknown word used to sound sophisticated. 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