Mr. Smith’s Junk Shop Mr. Smith’s Secondhand Store Betty’s Beauty Parlor Betty’s Hair Boutique Sam’s Diner Sam’s Café

Denotation – the literal dictionary definition of a word Connotation – the emotions and feelings associated with a word

athlete jock

car mechanicautomotive technician sandwich makersandwich artist

A mild word or phrase substituted for a harsher word The company was cutting jobs to save money. The company was downsizing to save money. I am unemployed at the moment. I am between jobs at the moment.

A person who doesn’t do any work

Home Dwelling House Drifters Homeless Displaced Career Job Employment

For each numbered set below, write the individual word under the column which best describes its connotation. 1. student, pupil, learner, scholar, apprentice 2. spinster, old maid, career woman, unmarried woman 3. arrogant, cocky, vain, egotistical, proud, confident 4. giggle, chuckle, laugh, guffaw, roar, snicker, cackle 5. plump, obese, heavyset, fat, paunchy, burly, overweight, roly-poly, husky, portly, pudgy 6. cheap, tight, miserly, frugal, economical, careful, thrifty, stingy, budget- minded 7. insidious, clever, sly, astute, cunning, skillful, smooth 8. glum, sullen, withdrawn, silent 9. abridged, economical, concise, compressed, brief 10. steal, embezzle, burglarize, rob, holdup, snatch, grab, help oneself to

For each numbered set below, write the individual word under the column which best describes its connotation. 1. mansion, shack, abode, dwelling, domicile, residence, house, home, dump 2. spinster, old maid, unmarried woman, maiden lady, career woman 3. snooty, arrogant, conceited, cocky, vain, self-satisfied, egotistical, proud, high-and mighty, overbearing, supercilious 4. titter, giggle, chuckle, laugh, guffaw, roar, snicker, cackle 5. plump, obese, heavyset, fat, paunchy, burly, overweight, roly-poly, husky, portly, weighty, pudgy 6. cheap, tight, miserly, frugal, economical, careful, thrifty, penny- pinching, budget-minded, penurious 7. shrewd, calculating, clever, sly, adroit, knowing, astute, cunning, skillful, smooth, 8. glum, sullen, withdrawn, silent 9. laconic, terse, economical, concise, pointed, compressed, brief 10. steal, purloin, embezzle, filch, pilfer, burglarize, rob, holdup, snatch, grab, help oneself to, appropriate.