Access Point #: LAFS.7.L.3.AP.5f (Archived Access Point)


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Identify the connotative meaning (the idea associated with the word) of a word or phrase.

Clarifications:

Essential Understandings

  • Define connotative meaning.
  • From a given list of words with similar denotations, choose an appropriate word to be used in a given context (e.g., short, stubby, petite – which word would you use to describe a friend’s mother?).
  • Use a dictionary to define words with similar denotations.

Number: LAFS.7.L.3.AP.5f Category: Access Points
Date Adopted or Revised: 06/14 Cluster: Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

Related Standards

Name Description
LAFS.7.L.3.5: Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
  1. Interpret figures of speech (e.g., literary, biblical, and mythological allusions) in context.
  2. Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., synonym/antonym, analogy) to better understand each of the words.
  3. Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., refined, respectful, polite, diplomatic, condescending).



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