Monday, September 28: Denotation and connotation practice,

 Housekeeping: Please make sure you keep up with your assignments. If there is a ZERO, that means I did not receive the work. Please resend. If you put something in google classroom, I would never know. We use a blog in this class. The only item in google classroom is the daily link and due date of the assignment. 

Any work on the blog can be copied onto a google doc, completed and shared with me by either entering my name or number (2006630), which will enable my name to pop up in the drop down. 

If you are absent, please go the the blog. It is organized by day, so you can find out everything we did in class.  You can always access it directly for any internet: https://sotaenglish2.blogspot.com/  Everything, including due dates, is on our class blog. 

In class: As we did not get to work on connote vs denote, we will take the time in class and complete the exercise together

Homework: you have independent practice. Please copy the material from the blog and share on a google doc.

to denote-(verb)-what is indicated or signified

to connote (verb)-what is implied beyond the primary meaning of a word. 

                                     verb

noun

                    

                             adjective

 

                    

Learn to pronounce

1. Choose the correct word in each sentence below. When you have finished, click on the "Check My Work" button to view the answers.

   
   

   _____1. Hollywood (A. connotes B. denotes ) romance and glittering success.
   
   _____2. When politicians answer questions, hesitation may (A. connote) 
2.  (B. denote) weakness or ignorance on a topic.
   
   ______3. A flashing yellow light on a highway (A. connotes) 
3. (D. denotes) caution.
   
   _______4. The term skinny has a negative (A.connotation B. denotation ) while "slender" has a positive one.
   
   ______5. Fuel (A. connotes B. denotes ) a substance burned to produce heat or power.
   
   ______6. To some, the word school (A. connotes B. denotes ) confinement, but it may suggest intellectual excitement or sociability to others.
   
   _______7. The (A. connotative  B. denotative ) meanings of words are usually neutral.
   
   ______8. Both cheap and inexpensive (A. connotes  B. denotes ) something that has a low price.
   
   _______9. The word beach (A. connotes  B. denotes ) a sandy shore.
   
   _______10. Because the (A.connotation B. denotation)                 of pushy and assertive are quite different, the two words are not interchangeable.
   
   ______11. The word father1.  (A. connotes B. denotes ) affection.
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5. ______12. Solid (A. connotes B. denotes ) that something is neither gaseous nor liquid.
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   ______13. The term liberal has taken on many (A. connotations B. denotations) in recent years.
   
   
   _______14. Pushy has a negative (A. connotation  B. denotation ) while assertive is usually positive.
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8. ______15. Red flares are used to (A. connote B.denote) danger.

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Independent Practice... due before class on Tuesday, September 28 for full credit, with the exception of those who receive extended time.

Copy and paste onto a google doc.  Share once you have completed.

For the italicized word, the denoted word, in each of the following  eight sentences,

give two potentially positive and two negative connotations. If there is an

unfamiliar word, look it up. See model                                                                

I recognized the familiar smell of my roommate's cooking.	delicious      enticing	Stinky    nauseating
2.    2.   Scrapple is an inexpensive meal.
3. Kevin's interest in model cars has turned into a hobby.
4.      Uncle Henry lives in a hut deep in the woods.
5.      My parents are committed conservationists.
6.      My old laptop has finally died.
7.      The teacher was mildly intimidated by Roland's assertive behavior 8.
9.      Phileas Fogg was an adventurous traveler.