Activity 10: Connotations: What's the difference?

Which of the sentences in each pair have a positive, negative, or neutral connotation? List at least two words that helped you select an answer.

  • The media were swarming around the pileup on the expressway to capture every conceivable injury for the evening news.
  • The journalists were on the scene at the expressway crash to document the incident for the evening news.
  • Photographers stood patiently along the walkway, awaiting the arrival of the Oscar nominees.
  • The paparazzi lined the walkway anxiously poised to snap the Oscar nominees.

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