Global MCQ Practice

🌐 Total MCQ
🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books

Connotation And Denotation Quiz 3 (25 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

Select an option to see the correct answer instantly.

1. My sister became a tiger when she caught me wearing her favorite shoes.
2. "She crosses through the room, goes to the window, opens it, and brings in a feeble little plant growing doggedly in a small pot on the windowsill." (A Raisin in the Sun, Act I, Scene One, 169)Does doggedly have positive, negative or neutral connotations in this sentence?
3. Gael was so preoccupied with the nest that he didn't hear his father sneak up behind him. The word preoccupied suggests that Gael is
4. Read the sentences. What is the difference between the words surprised and astounded? A. Julie was surprised to find out that her grandma was coming for a visit. B. Julie was astounded to find out that her grandma was coming for a visit.
5. Which connotation is more positive? Our trip to the amusement park was
6. These words have the same meaning:sure, confident, arrogant. Which word has a positive connotation?
7. Whereas tradition dictates that classical musicians perform without showing their emotions, Nadja does the opposite. To see her perform is to see a genuine catalog of human emotions on display.What does the word catalog suggest as it is used in the passage?
8. He believed dark forces were threatening his success. The word dark in the sentence up means .....
9. Which statement has the most positive connotation?
10. It gives the literal or actual meaning of the word.
11. The sight of green beans make Nathan gag. She ..... them.
12. Tavi's mother sat in the DMV waiting room. Her hopeful smile faded as soon as she saw Tavi. His entire body must have been radiating failure.The passage states that Tavi's mother's smile faded. What happened?
13. What is most likely a literal statement?
14. Choose the word with the positive connotation. skinny ..... slender
15. I will become an elephant if I continue to eat fried food.
16. Buster was a puny dog. He could not even scare the cat that lived next door. What is the dictionary meaning of the word puny in the sentence above?
17. Why do we need connatation
18. A denotation is .....
19. Which connotation is more negative? I did not like the ..... he used when addressing me.
20. How can understanding connotation improve communication?
21. Give an example of a word with a positive connotation.
22. 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?
23. A denotation of foxy is "like a fox" and the connotation is
24. Helen was guarded about her private life. She did not like to give anyone details about herself. What is the dictionary meaning of the word guarded in the sentence above?
25. I recognized the familiar smell of my mother's cooking. If you changed "smell" to "stench" the new word has a ..... connotation.
🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books