1. Positive: saving, frugal, economical, careful, thrifty, budget-minded
2. Positive: shrewd, clever, adroit, knowing, astute, skillful
3. Negative: glum, sullen, withdrawn, reticent, silent, taciturn
4. Neutral: laconic, terse, concise, pointed, compressed, brief
5. Negative: steal, purloin, embezzle, filch, pilfer, burglarize, rob, holdup, snatch, grab, appropriate
Activity 1
Positive, Negative or Neutral? For each numbered set below, write the individual word under the column which best describes its connotation.
1. saving, tight, miserly, frugal, economical, careful, thrifty, penny-pinching, budget-minded, penurious
2. shrewd, calculating, clever, sly, adroit, knowing, astute, cunning, skillful, smooth
3. glum, sullen, withdrawn, reticent, silent, taciturn
4. laconic, terse, economical, concise, pointed, compressed, brief, boiled down
5. steal, purloin, embezzle, filch, pilfer, burglarize, rob, holdup, snatch, grab, help oneself to, appropriate.
Positive
Neutral
Negative
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Directions: Change the following underlined words to words that have the same denotation, but a different connotation to create a different mood in the paragraph. Make sure your new mood stays consistent throughout the paragraph. You may need to change other words to fit the context of the new mood. Write your new paragraph below.
Identify the mood you are trying to create: __________________________
Emily entered the empty room. As she glanced at the curtains, their red color held her eye for a moment. At first, she failed to notice the chair between the two windows, but as she looked down, she was surprised to find a coin in the center of the plush cushion. The silver shined from the dark blue velvet. Before she picked it up, she looked around in hesitation. Was somebody watching? She wasn’t sure. So, it should not have been a surprise to her when, as she reached for the coin, she heard a loud thud behind her.
Identify the mood you are trying to create: __________________________
Emily entered the empty room. As she glanced at the curtains, their red color held her eye for a moment. At first, she failed to notice the chair between the two windows, but as she looked down, she was surprised to find a coin in the center of the plush cushion. The silver shined from the dark blue velvet. Before she picked it up, she looked around in hesitation. Was somebody watching? She wasn’t sure. So, it should not have been a surprise to her when, as she reached for the coin, she heard a loud thud behind her.
Identify the mood you are trying to create: Suspenseful
Emily entered the empty room. As she glanced at the curtains, their red color held her eye for a moment. At first, she failed to notice the chair between the two windows, but as she looked down, she was surprised to find a coin in the center of the plush cushion. The silver shined from the dark blue velvet. Before she picked it up, she looked around in hesitation. Was somebody watching? She wasn’t sure. So, it should not have been a surprise to her when, as she reached for the coin, she heard a loud thud behind her.
Emily entered the empty room. As she glanced at the curtains, their red color held her eye for a moment. At first, she failed to notice the chair between the two windows, but as she looked down, she was surprised to find a coin in the center of the plush cushion. The silver shined from the dark blue velvet. Before she picked it up, she looked around in hesitation. Was somebody watching? She wasn’t sure. So, it should not have been a surprise to her when, as she reached for the coin, she heard a loud thud behind her.
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