NAME:
CORE:
Diary of a Young Girl
Critical Vocabulary
Practice and Apply: Explain your response to each question.
1.
Which of the following might require someone to mediate? Why?
choices to end a disagreement
choices on a menu
2.
Which of the following would you describe as conjecture? Why?
someone explaining
someone guessing
3.
Which of the following would you describe as insolent? Why?
a disobedient child
a lost hiker
4.
Which of the following would you describe as splendid? Why?
a lovely view
a challenging test
5.
Which of the following would you describe as a reproach? Why?
a second draft of a story
a thorough scolding
NAME:
CORE:
Diary of a Young Girl
Connotation and Denotation
Many words have both a denotation and a connotation. A word’s denotation is its
dictionary definition. A word’s connotations are the ideas and feelings associated with the
word. Study this example from The Diary of a Young Girl:
Things have gotten so bad in Holland that hordes of children...beg for a piece of bread.
While the denotation of horde is “a large group,” the word’s connotation suggests an out-ofcontrol swarm that is desperate for food.
Practice and Apply: Tell how the meaning of each sentence would change if the
underlined word were replaced by the word in parentheses.
1.
The families in the Annex had to be stingy with their food. (sparing)
2.
The view from a certain window in the Annex was splendid. (fine)
3.
Anne was bothered by the conflicts between the families. (battles)