NAME : RICHARDO FARIS DEDU

NIM : 1701020104
CLASS :D
SEMESTE : III
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POETRY

1) Which word in each group has the most ―romantical

connotation?
a. horse, steed, donkey
b. king, ruler,tyrant
c. rose, flower,
plant
Why? Provide your reason/opinion!

2) Which word in each group is the most emotionally connotative?

a. female, mother, dam
b. offspring, children,
progeny c. brother, sibling
Why? Provide your reason/opinion.
3) Arrange the words in each group from most positive to most negative in connotation:
a. skinny, thin, gaunt, slender
b. prosperous, loaded,
moneyed
c. brainy, intelligent, eggheaded, smart
Why? Provide your reason/opinion......................................................................................
4) In the following examples the denotation for the word white remains the same, but
the
connotations differ. Explain.
a) The young princess had blue eyes, golden hair, and a breast as white as snow.
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b) Confronted with the evidence, the young princess turned as
white as a sheet.
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5) Please identify and explain the connotative meaning of the lines

below. a) Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land; (Christina Rossetti)
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b) Forgive us, mother
as we have taken your
gold and ignored your
beauty
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Ps: Please type the answers (New Times Roman/size 12/space 1,5). Submit next week
and no cheating/copy paste.Remember to write your name, Reg. Num, and Class)
Thank you.
Item no 1-5 have been taken from Poetry Booklet adapted from Sound and Sense, Eighth
Edition by Laurence Perrine and Thomas R. Arp.
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