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Vocabulary Practice (Connotation, Denotation, and Context Clues)

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Question 1

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Connotation		The feelings created by a word
Denotation		The literal dictionary definition of a word

Question 2

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We ask you, Mr. President, if our commercial greatness has not cost us too much by being built upon the quivering hearts of helpless children? We who know of these sufferings have taken up their cause and are now marching toward you in the hope that your tender heart will counsel with us to abolish this crime.

Which of the following means the same thing as the word commercial as it is used in this paragraph?

Profitable 

Business

Advertisement 

Promotion

Question 3

3.

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good. A government is invigorated when each one of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation. In this election year, we must define the "common good" and begin again to shape a common future. Let each person do his or her part. If one citizen is unwilling to participate, all of us are going to suffer. For the American idea, though it is shared by all of us, is realized in each one of us.

Which of the following means the same thing as the word invigorated as it is used in this paragraph?

Encouraged

Excited

Strengthened 

Woken up

Question 4

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This might be patterned after billionaire investor Yuri Milner's Breakthrough Starshot, or some other approach. Here, expected advances in artificial intelligence will become crucial. A round-trip radio signal to Proxima Centauri, our nearest stellar neighbor will take eight years.

What connotation does the word patterned have as it is used in this paragraph?

To decorate with a design 

To give a regular or understandable form to something 

To model based on something else

An irritating or repeated response

Question 5

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Only once a habitable planet is identified by these robotic approaches, will it be the time for a manned mission. With a welcoming destination beckoning to them, a team of intrepid men and women will leave the solar system and strike out for a new home. And, at that moment, homo-interstellaris will come of age.

from Greek homo-, meaning “same,” and stellar, meaning relating to a star or stars.
Based on this information, how is the author using the word homo-interstellaris in the context of paragraph 20?

A time when the stars will be reachable  

A time when all people will be able to explore space 

A time when select people can space travel

Traveling in space

Question 6

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What does Mother Jones mean in her letter by the term “child slavery”?

Question 7

7.

You want to convince the school board to remove the dress code. What words with positive connotations might you use to bolster your argument.

Question 8

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You want to convince the school board to remove the dress code. What words with negative connotations might you use to bolster your argument.