Fill-in Quiz: Denotation and Connotation
Short-answer questions on the parts of a word, denotation, and connotation.
ENGLISH 12AP: Literature and Composition
Quiz - Denotation and Connotation
Name
Date Per.
Mr. Reed
1.What are the three component parts of the average word? [Use blanks 1-3.]
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4.Of those three term, which identifies the “basic part of the meaning of a word’?
5.Of those three term, which identifies “the overtones of meaning of a word”?
6.How many denotations is the practical writer or speaker interested in when he or she chooses a word?
7.What is the purest form of practical language? (That is, in what area of learning will the use of language be most precise in meaning?)
8.What is the fullest use of language? (That is, in what area of learning will the use of language take the fullest advantage of the range of meanings of words?)
9.What two means of developing a sense of language or feeling for words does Perrine offer? [Use blanks
10.9 & 10.]