1. Connotation
9th Grade English

2. What does it mean?
Our text book glossary (p. R104) defines connotation as:
*An attitude or feeling associated with a word, in contrast to the word’s denotation (literal, or dictionary meaning).
The connotations of a word may be positive or negative.

3. Examples Enthusiastic has positive associations.
Rowdy has negative associations.

4. You Pick (Positive or Negative)
Childlike or Childish
(Negative) Implies that someone is immature
Youthful
(Positive)Infers that someone is lively and energetic
Cheap or Miserly
(Negative) Implies that someone is stingy with their money

5. Identify Word with Negative Connotation
Windmere is an uppity neighborhood, but the rents are cheap.
Uppity
Every morning my neighbor takes his mutt to the park.
Mutt
Sam is quite the vocal at every meeting.
Vocal