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English
6th -
University
Connotation, Denotation, and The Rule of Three
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- 1. Multiple Choice
I recognized the familiar smell of my roommate's cooking. If you change the word smell to stench, the word now has a ____________ connotation.
Positive
Neutral
Negative
Emotional
- 2. Multiple Choice
Choose the word with the positive connotation.
inquiring--prying
Inquiring
Prying
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which word would give a Neutral connotation?
Miss D. gives very _________ assignments.
Annoying
Informative
Demanding
Challenging
- 4. Multiple Choice
The student was mildly intimated by the teacher's bossy behavior. If you change the word bossy to assertive, the word now has a ____ connotation.
Emotional
Neutral
Positive
Negative
- 5. Multiple Choice
Select the word with the appropriate Denotation.
Some of the books we read are full of _________ claims, so they are difficult to absorb in just one reading.
Complicated
Complicit
Compliant
Complex
- 6. Multiple Choice
What's the denotation of a “red rose”?
A plant that grows from the Earth and comes with many different varieties of colors.
A red flower, consisting with petals, a green stem and several thorns.
A flower that is associated with love when handed to someone.
Roses are red, violets are blue.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Just because you have _________ change in the school system does not mean you will always achieve your desired _________.
effected/affect
affected/affect
effected/effect
- 8. Multiple Choice
True or False?
The the denotation of a car a road vehicle, with four wheels, powered with an engine to help transport objects and people.
True
False
Maybe
Connotation
- 9. Multiple Choice
Why do we use the rule of three?
Because it helps with humor, memorization, and storytelling
3 is the magic number
Because it's english and this is one of the ways to structure our paragraph
It's a rule we have to follow
- 10. Multiple Choice
What example of the rule of three is listed in the Declaration of Independence?
“Government of the people, by the people, for the people”
“I came, I saw, I conquered”
“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”
“Friends, Romans, Countrymen”
- 11. Multiple Choice
YOU'RE ON FIRE!!!
Which is the appropriate rule of three?
Stop, drop and cry!
Earth, Wind & Fire!
Jump, duck and roll!
Stop, drop and roll!
- 12. Multiple Choice
All are correct usage of the rule of three EXCEPT for?
“Father, Son, and Holy Spirit”
Rough Draft, Type, Peer Edit
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Rock, Paper, Scissors
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