Port Chicago: Poetry Analysis (Pages 5-6)

Fill in the Blank: ___ = Dictionary

Fill in the Blank: The ___ of a word can be found in the dictionary.

Which word has a positive connotation?

Which word best describes the connotation behind the phrase "clipped wings"?

Which word has a positive connotation?

Fill in the Blank: ____ Tone

Which word has a negative connotation?

Fill in the Blank: ___ = Connection

What is the connotative meaning of the word "carefully"?

What does the word mood mean?

What does the word figurative mean?

Fill in the Blank: The tone can be based on how the author ____, their word ____, and images.

What does the word tone mean?

Which phrase conveys a connotation of "confinement"?

What is the significance of the figurative phrase "bars of rage"?

What is the connotative meaning of the phrase "sheer determination"?

Fill in the Blank: The ___ of a word can be positive, neutral, or negative.

Which word has a negative connotation?

What is the connotative meaning of the word "grueling"?

Which word has a negative connotation?

What does the word connotation mean?

What does the word denotation mean?

Which word has a positive connotation?

Fill in the Blank: My ____.

What type of figurative language compares two things using the words like and as?

What type of figurative language gives human qualities to an object or idea?

What does the word choice mean?

Fill in the Blank: The author's word ___ made reading about dogs fun.

What type of figurative language uses the words is and was to describe something by saying that it is something else?

Which word has a positive connotation?