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Recognizing Positive, Negative, and Neutral Connotations
Sort these words into the three categories: positive, negative, or neutral.
Positive
Negative
Neutral
intelligent
stingy
energetic
economical
hectic
lively
clever
cunning
frugal

User Sergeyz
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Answer:

Positive:

Lively

Clever

Frugal

Negative:

Hectic

Stingy

Cunning

Neutral:

Energetic

Intelligent

Economical

User CedX
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Answer: Please refer to Explanation

Step-by-step explanation:

I think it best to first describe the terms before we categorize them.

Positive Connotation - A word that is considered positive is one that has good and position emotions and thoughts attached to it. When you think of such words you attached a degree of good feelings to it. For example, cheerful, strong, generous etc.

Negative Connotations - This as the name implies is the opposite of Postive. Words grouped Negatively are not viewed in a good light. They are usually used to describe negative characters and usually have bad feelings attached to them. Words such as intruder, sad, stingy etc.

Neutral - Words that are neutral are considered to have neither Positive nor negative Connotations.

Classifying them therefore we have,

Intelligent - This is Positive as it is associsted with good feelings.

Stingy - is of Negative Connotation as stinginess is not considered a good thing.

Energetic - considered Positive as opposed to weak.

Economical - Considered positive as it refers to the quality of spending money wisely.

Hectic - considered Negative because things classified as hectic do not evoke good feelings.

Lively - considered Positive as opposed to boring.

Clever - like intelligent, is considered Positive as it is a praiseworthy character.

Cunning - considered Negative as it is looked down upon as a negative character to have.

Frugal - similar to Economical is Positive in connotation as it is usually used in praiseworthy terms for a person content with living the simple life.

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