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Denotation & Connotation
Examples
Commas
Definitions
Types of Sentences
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The feeling or additional meaning a word may carry
What is connotative meaning OR connotation
100
Is the example below the denotative or connotative meaning of the word? Chicken: a domestic bird kept for its eggs or meat
What is denotative?
100
Where should the comma(s) be? We went to the store and we bought some milk.
What is WE WENT TO THE STORE, AND WE BOUGHT SOME MILK?
100
What is the main noun of the sentence called?
What is a subject?
100
What type of sentence is the following? The dog ran through the open field.
What is simple?
200
Define denotative meaning
What is the literal dictionary definition / meaning of a word
200
Does a dove have a positive or negative connotation?
What is positive?
200
Where should the comma(s) be? Today is March 10 2009
What is MARCH 10, 2009?
200
What is the definition of a synonym?
What is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase?
200
What type of sentence is the following? Should we start class now, or should we wait for everyone to get here?
What is compound?
300
Out of the two words, which one has a NEGATIVE connotative meaning? Cocky OR Confident
What is cocky?
300
The following words are synonyms for what word? humorous, amusing, droll, comic, comical, laughable, silly
What is funny?
300
Where should the comma(s) be? Although I studied all night I wasn't ready for the test.
What is ALTHOUGH I STUDIED ALL NIGHT, I WASN'T READY FOR THE TEST?
300
What type of clause is a group of words that can stand on its own as a sentence: it has a subject, a verb
What is independent clause
300
What type of sentence is the following? I looked for Mary and Samantha at the bus station.
What is simple?
400
Out of the two words, which one has a POSITIVE connotative meaning? Fat -- Overweight
What is Overweight?
400
What is the subject and the verb in the sentence... I looked for Mary and Samantha at the bus station.
What is I and looked?
400
Where should the comma(s) be? My brother who is six feet tall likes to play basketball.
What is MY BROTHER, WHO IS SIX FEET TALL, LIKES TO PLAY BASKETBALL?
400
What is a word that is placed between words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. Helps sentences to flow better. We see these in compound sentences.
What is a coordinating conjunction
400
What type of sentence is the following? I don't want to go to the store, yet I have no choice.
What is compound?
500
Does the following example possess a negative, or a positive connotation? “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day”
What is positive connotation
500
Name all of the coordinating conjunctions in FANBOYS
What is — for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
500
Where should the comma(s) be? We bought bananas apples oranges and limes.
What is WE BOUGHT BANANAS, APPLES, ORANGES, AND LIMES?
500
What type of clause contains a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a sentence?
What is a dependent clause?
500
What type of sentence is the following? Though he was very rich, he was still very unhappy.
What is complex?