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12.59 Advanced Source Evaluation and Annotations Worksheet

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ELA.12.59 | Denotation and Connotation for Precise Word Choice | Grade 12 ELA practice skill covering Denotation and Connotation for Precise Word Choice.

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British & World Literature

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English

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery
An obituary says a person passed away instead of died.
What is the primary purpose of passed away?
Ato change the denotation to ‘moved to a new city’
Bto keep the denotation but soften the emotional connotation (a respectful euphemism)
Cto make death sound more violent
Dto make death sound funny
Solution & Explanation:Passed away is a common euphemism: the event is the same, but the connotation is gentler and more respectful.
Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery
A documentary describes the same event as a uprising in one scene and a riot in another.
What is the best interpretation of that shift?
AThe shift is grammatical, not rhetorical.
BOnly denotation changes; tone stays identical.
CRiot connotes peaceful negotiation, while uprising connotes boredom.
DThe denotation overlaps (public unrest), but uprising can connote justified resistance while riot connotes chaos and lawlessness.
Solution & Explanation:Both can describe disorder, but each word frames the event morally—connotation that shapes reader/viewer judgment.
Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery
A narrator calls a character’s confidence self-assurance, while another calls it hubris.
Which option best captures the difference?
AThe words have no connotative difference; both are neutral.
BHubris connotes shyness and fear.
CSelf-assurance connotes arrogance and punishment.
DHubris keeps the denotation of strong confidence but adds a negative connotation of arrogance that leads to a fall.
Solution & Explanation:Self-assurance is approving; hubris is a warning word implying excessive pride.

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