Denotation-Conotation-Context Clues

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What is denotation?

Dictionary Definition

Figurative Definiton

Inference

Personal Evaluation

What is conotation?

Dictionary Definition

Figurative Definiton

Feeling the word gives

Term

True or False: Connotation can give a positive, negative or neutral feeling.

True

False

Which word has a positive connotation?

Fragrance

Odor

Smell

Neither

Which has a negative connotation?

Spy

Watch

Neither

Observe

He offered me twenty dollars to eat a dragonfly. I need money so badly that I am inclined to accept his challenge. What does inclined mean?

not going to do

likely to do it

unable to do it

neither

Stanley tried to determine the meaning of the vocabulary word, but there were so few clues in the sentence all he could do was hopelessly conjecture as to what the word might mean. What does conjecture means?

guess

definite answer

unsureness

neither

How does "dis" change the meaning of agree when added?

don't agree

still agree

fight against statement

neither

How does "pre" change the meaning of pay when added?

pay after

pay on time

pay before

neither

10.

How does "s or es" change the meaning of the word book when added?

changes how many

changes how long

changes how wide

neither

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