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Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations
Sound is to hear as odor is to:
  1. see
  2. touch
  3. smell
  4. taste
Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5, L.8.5c
Which word is a positive connotation of "greedy"?
  1. moneygrubbing
  2. avaricious
  3. covetous
  4. curious
Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations
Which of the following would most likely be used ASSESS something?
  1. A concert
  2. A nap
  3. A test
  4. A parade
Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations
Movie theater is to cinema as school is to                .
  1. politics
  2. malady
  3. academy
  4. architecture
Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5, L.8.5c
Which word has the positive connotation?
  1. Homeless
  2. Bum
Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5, L.8.5c
What is the denotation of "specific"?
  1. special or particular
  2. not vague
  3. small
  4. accurate
Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations
Water is to "flood" as illness is to
  1. academic
  2. epidemic
  3. autocratic
  4. politics
Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5, L.8.5c
Which word has the negative connotation?
  1. Mutt
  2. Dog
Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5, L.8.5c
Which word has the positive connotation?
  1. Stubborn
  2. Perservering
Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5, L.8.5c
Which word has the negative connotation?
  1. Relaxed
  2. Lazy
Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5, L.8.5c
Which word has the negative connotation?
  1. Prudish
  2. Modest
Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5, L.8.5c
Which word has the negative connotation?
  1. Uppity
  2. Wealthy
Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5, L.8.5c
Which word has the positive connotation?
  1. Babyish
  2. Childlike
Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5, L.8.5c
Which word has the positive connotation?
  1. Babe
  2. Stunning
Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations
Morning is to breakfast as evening is to:
  1. brunch
  2. dinner
  3. lunch
Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations CCSS: CCRA.L.5, L.8.5, L.8.5c
There are positive, neutral and negative tone words.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 8 Connotations and Denotations
What sort of person would you like to contend with?
  1. miserable
  2. jovial
  3. angry
  4. sad