Connotation is the emotional meaning of the word. It's what the word brings to mind. Words can have negative, neutral or positive charges. That means they can be used to create a negative, neutral or positive feeling. Read the following passage. After winning the spelling bee, Bridget became cocky. "I can spell any word in the universe," she insisted loudly, even in places where it was not required to spell things. Like at the movies with her friends. Her best friend, annoyed, said, "I bet you can't spell a word in German." Bridget did not speak German."I probably can," she insisted, "I mean, how hard can it be? "What is the charge of the word "cocky" in this passage? *
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A. positive

B. neutral

C. negative

D. extremely positive

in other words

to put it differently

for one thing

as an illustration

in this case

for this reason

to put it another way

that is to say

with attention to

by all means

important to realize

another key point

first thing to remember

most compelling evidence

must be remembered

point often overlooked

to point out

on the positive side

on the negative side

with this in mind

notably

including

like

to be sure

namely

chiefly

truly

indeed

certainly

surely

markedly

such as

especially

explicitly

specifically

expressly

surprisingly

frequently

significantly

particularly

in fact

in general

in particular

in detail

for example

for instance

to demonstrate

to emphasize

to repeat

to clarify

to explain

to enumerate

16.) true

17.) true

18.) it doesn't say

19.) true

20.) false

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