SOAPS & connotation/Denotation Unit Skills

Question 1

What was the “spark” that moved speaker to write/act? How did this event impact speaker? What is this?

Accepted Answer

Exigence

Question 2

My grandmother says that smooth jazz triggers nostalgia for her youth. What is another word choice for "nostalgia"?

Accepted Answer

Fond memories

Question 3

What word has the strongest intensity for the word happy?

Accepted Answer

Ecstatic

Question 4

What type of literature will you usually use with SOAPStone

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Non-fiction

Question 5

What is the central idea of a text?

Accepted Answer

The most essential idea; the overall point the author is trying to make.

Question 6

What word has the highest intensity of tone in the word hungry?

Accepted Answer

Ravenous

Question 7

I would have no truck with roaches, crouched like lions in the ledges of sewers...what is the denotation of truck?

Accepted Answer

Problem

Question 8

James flung open the kitchen door. The odor of stew hung in the air. What is the connotation of these sentences?

Accepted Answer

negative

Question 9

Which one is a more powerful word choice for SAD.

Accepted Answer

Miserable

Question 10

Security was their top priority, since the kidnapping. What is another word choice for "priority"?

Accepted Answer

Preference

Question 11

SOAPSTone stands for...

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Speaker, Occasion, Audience, Purpose, Subject, Tone

Question 12

What is a Denotation?

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Dictionary definition of a word

Question 13

Which of the following has negative connotation?

Accepted Answer

Arrogant

Question 14

Let us hasten to take cover before the tornado approaches. What is another word choice for "hasten"?

Accepted Answer

Accelerate

Question 15

Which has the same denotation as the bold word? My old laptop has finally died.

Accepted Answer

Ancient

Question 16

Which of the following words is arranged in the following order: neutral, positive, negative?

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protest, rally, riot

Question 17

"No one grows ketchup like Heinz." Why did Heinz choose "grows" for word choice?

Accepted Answer

It makes Heinz to be natural, no additives.

Question 18

What is the best synonym to represent the connotation of the word "warm"?

Accepted Answer

cozy

Question 19

Word Choice impacts the tone of a text.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Tone in SOAPSTone refers to

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the speaker's attitude toward the subject

Question 21

If I say to my sister, "You are such a pig!" I am saying

Accepted Answer

You are messy.

Question 22

If only there were some decent jobs out there, I wouldn’t be reduced to living in this miserable dump. What is the tone?

Accepted Answer

Bitter

Question 23

What is SOAPSTone?

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a method to help readers rhetorically analyze a text

Question 24

The A in SOAPSTone refers to

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audience

Question 25

Scuttle little roach. How you run when I approach: Up above the pantry shelf Hastening to secrete yourself. Tone?

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Lighthearted

Question 26

The occasion of a speech includes

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Exigence

Question 27

Which word has the negative connotation?

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shack

Question 28

Author's attitude towards a subject.

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Tone

Question 29

If someone has a deadline to meet, he/she probably "feels the heat," meaning

Accepted Answer

Is under pressure.

Question 30

This place does need some repairs,but I’m sure the landlord will be making improvements sometime soon. What is the tone?

Accepted Answer

Optimistic

Question 31

Some positive words can be used in a negative way.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

The "P" in SOAPSTone

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purpose

Question 33

If someone says a person is "foxy," what is the person using?

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Connotation

Question 34

Which word is positive? My amazing new car rode like a cloud along the bumpy and twisted road.

Accepted Answer

Cloud

Question 35

The speaker in SOAP includes

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The person speaking and any background information about the speaker.

SOAPS & connotation/Denotation Unit Skills

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