Connotation and Tone Practice
📝 Worksheet medium ⏱️ 18 minutes 8 problems
Connotation and Tone Practice
Grade 7 English Language Arts LearnCrux.com
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Directions
- Fill in each blank carefully.
- Circle or mark the best answer for each multiple-choice question.
- Match each prompt to the best option before writing your answer.
- Use the larger space to show your thinking on word problems.
1. Match the term to its meaning: denotation
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2. Which word likely has the most positive connotation?
3. Match the term to its meaning: tone
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4. The feeling or association linked to a word is its __.
5. Why should readers use several clues before naming tone?
6. Which sentence most likely creates a hopeful tone?
7. A writer's choices about words and style are shaped by the intended __.
8. Why can two similar words produce different effects?
📋 Teacher Answer Key
1. the basic dictionary meaning of a word
2. determined
3. the attitude created by the writer
4. connotation
5. Tone is usually built through patterns of language, not just one word taken by itself
6. New volunteers arrived each week, and the empty lot slowly became a garden.
7. audience
8. Words may have similar denotations but different connotations that change the tone or feeling of the text