The document discusses connotation in language. It provides examples of sentences with different connotations and asks the reader to notice the differences. It then defines positive connotation as indicating admiration and negative connotation as creating unpleasant feelings. Finally, it asks the reader to match words with positive and negative connotations.

1. Good Morning!

2. Read the following sentences!
My chicken laid two eggs
yesterday.
That boy is a chicken.

3. Read the following sentences!
The wall has a crack.
Jerry always cracks jokes.

4. What did you notice with those
sentences?

6. More examples!

7. Read the following sentences!
The skirt she bought was cheap.
The skirt was so cheap that its
color faded within a week.

8. Read the following sentences!
She’s wearing a blue dress.
I feel blue today.

11. Connotation can be,

12. Positive connotation
 indicates admiration, appreciation
and warm feelings
Negative connotation
 Something of negative connotation
will make someone feels unpleasant

17. Match up the positive connotation word with
its negative connotation word.
Let’s Practice!
1. proper A. sly
2. brave B. pushy
3. aggressive C. smirk
4. clever D. reckless
5. smile E. snobby