Connotation
Courageous
What is positive?
A word that imitates a natural sound.
What is Onomatopoeia?
Tone: Happy
Passage: The sun danced across the sparkling lake, and laughter filled the warm air.
What are danced, sparkling, and laughter?
Their going to the game later.
Their → They’re
The dog wagged ___ tail. (Its / It's)
Its (No apostrophe)
Stubborn
What is negative?
A brief reference to a well-known person, place, or event.
What is Allusion?
Tone: Mysterious
Passage: A shadow crept along the wall as the door slowly groaned open.
What are shadow, crept, groaned?
She dont like going their anymore.
dont → doesn’t; their → there
___ going to the park. (Their, There, They're)
They're
Assertive
Positive
Language that appeals to the senses.
What are sensory details?
OR
What is imagery?
Tone: Serious
Passage: “The consequences of their final decision would affect generations to come.”
The team played good but theyre defense was weak.
good → well; theyre → their
Comma before but
He couldn't ___ the heavy box. (Bear/Bare)
Bear
Pretentious
Negative
A contrast between expectation and reality.
What is irony?
Tone: Anxious
Passage: Her hands trembled, fumbling with the keys, as the clock ticked louder and louder.
What are trembled, fumbling, ticked?
Everyone have finished there work already.
have → has; there → their
The teacher asked students to ___ their sources correctly. (cite / site / sight)
C-I-T-E
Frugal
Positive
A statement that seems contradictory but reveals truth.
Tone: Angry
Passage: He slammed the table, his voice sharp and cutting through the silence.
What are slammed, sharp, cutting?
Me and him was late because we forgot are tickets.
Me and him → He and I; was → were; are → our
The storm did not ___ the sailors from finishing their journey. (Deter/Detour)
Deter