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Connotation And Denotation Quiz 1 (25 MCQs)

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1. Read the sentence below. The word dinky has a ..... connotation. My mom only let me eat a dinky scoop of ice cream.
2. Wild children
3. Which connotation is MORE positive? We saw ..... animals in the animal house.
4. Marlon was blue after he failed his English exam.
5. Which one is more influenced by personal experiences and emotions?
6. ..... is the feeling or emotion that a word evokes in addition to its literal meaning.
7. Choose the word with the positive connotation. immature ..... youthful
8. " ..... stripped of their medals" gives a more negative connotation to
9. Which connotation is more negative? I ate a ..... sandwich
10. Which connotation is MORE positive? Everyone had a ..... on his or her face on the way home.
11. Which connotation is more negative?He went to the ..... to visit them.
12. Which choice has the most POSITIVE (+) connotation? I admire the man who jumped on the subway tracks to rescue a stranger. He was certainly .....
13. Choose the word with the positive connotation. gossip ..... chat
14. True or False:Connotation is subjective and can vary between individuals and cultures.
15. Which would you be if you had not eaten for days?
16. True/False:The denotation of a word is just a fancy way of saying the dictionary definition.
17. Choose the word with the positive connotation. petite ..... puny
18. Provide an example of a word with a negative connotation.
19. Which of the following words below have a POSITIVE Connotation? mob OR gathering
20. "MAMA (Looking at her plant and sprinkling a little water on it) They spirited all right, my children. Got to admit they got spirit-Bennie and Walter. Like this little old plant that ain't never had enough sunshine or nothing-and look at it ..... " (A Raisin in the Sun, Act I, Scene One, 333)Does spirited have positive, negative or neutral connotations in this sentence?
21. William wanted to be honest but still impress his girlfriend, so he told her the fancy necklace he gave her was .....
22. Afraid his teacher would scold him in front of the class, Dax made sure he only ..... at his lab partner's joke.
23. Which connotation is MORE negative? We bought ..... souvenirs at the amusement park.
24. Which of the following words below have a NEGATIVE Connotation? nosy OR curious
25. Feeling a burst of courage, Kiyomi planted her ski poles in the snow, pushed off with her feet, and sailed down the mountain. The author says that Kiyomi planted her ski poles. This suggests that Kiyomi
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