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3typesof connotation. POSTIVE, NEGATIVE, AND NUETRAL. Positive connotation. What does it mean for a word to have a positive connotation? To be associated with something good. Negative connotation. What does it mean for a word to have a negative connotation?
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3typesof connotation POSTIVE, NEGATIVE, AND NUETRAL
Positive connotation • What does it mean for a word to have a positive connotation? • To be associated with something good.
Negative connotation • What does it mean for a word to have a negative connotation? • To be associated with something bad.
Neutral connotation • What does it mean for a word to have a neutral connotation? • To be indifferent, not to have a strong feeling of the word being associated with something good or bad.
Positive connotation • #5 in your notes you need to write down another word for DOG that has a positive connotation. • Puppy • Companion • Seeing-eye dog • Man’s best friend
Negative connotation • #6 on your paper write another word for DOG that has a negative connotation. • Mutt • Flea-bag • Hound??? Agree/Disagree
Neutral connotation • #7 on your paper write another word for DOG that has a neutral connotation. • Canine • Hound???
Now your turn • #8 on your paper, write POSTIVE, NEGATIVE, NEUTRAL and put these words under the correct connotation. • Inactive/lazy/laid-back • Young/Youthful/Childish • Slim/Thin/Skinny • Conceited/Proud/Confident
mood • The strange man stumbled down the cold, dark alley, pulling his coat tightly around him in the midnight air. • #9 on your paper write the MOOD of this statement.
Mood • The strange man stumbled down the cold, dark alley, pulling his coat tightly around him in the midnight air. • # 10 on your paper, rewrite the above statement changing the connotation from negative to positive.