Use context clues to determine whether the bolded word in each sentence has a positive or negative connotation. Positive or Negative Connotation
Desmond’s witty stories made us laugh all night long.

Positive or Negative Connotation
Seth is so chatty that he won’t even listen to what anyone else has to say.

Positive or Negative Connotation
My brother is stingy because he refuses to share anything with me.

Positive or Negative Connotation
It’s fun to hang out with Serena because she’s always laid-back and relaxed.

Positive or Negative Connotation
Michaela is so modest, she never brags about her accomplishments.

Which lines in this excerpt from act iv of shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reflect the conflict of person versus the unknown?

Read the stanza below from the poem “tattoo” by gregg shapiro and answer the question that follows. if i could trade places with him i would pad the rest of his days wrap him in gauze and velvet absorb the shocks and treat his wounds i would scrub the numbers from his flesh extinguish the fire and give him back his life what does shapiro use to create the conceit in the lines above? a) he carries one line of poetry onto the next. b) he paints vivid word pictures that trigger the imagination by appealing to the five senses. c) he directly expresses a metaphor using like, as, or than. d) he uses physical protection to represent emotional protection.

Read the excerpt from "home front diary." jimmy simmons stopped by today to tell me that he had enlisted in the army. he asked me if i would write to him, and i said i would. i told him that i've been writing to my uncle arthur and susan's cousin john for about a year, and as an experienced correspondent i had some advice about all the censorship. "don't write down any information about your location or the number of soldiers in your unit because the censors will cut all of that away," i said. "in my experience, loose lips not only sink ships, they make letters look like snowflake decorations! ” well, he belly laughed over that one. how is the author's perspective different from jimmy's? the author has been to war and she can give jimmy advice. jimmy has become a soldier and does not believe the author’s advice. the author has experience writing to soldiers but jimmy does not. jimmy has more experience at letter writing than the author.