Denotation
Connotation
Poodles- A breed of dog that has
Fluffy little nice dogs or a show dogs
long thick fizzy hair and it’s the national dog of Puffy dogs that normally rich people carry around
France.
 Dog Breeders
 No
 No
Toads- A tailless amphibian, close relatives to the
Little slimy jumpy things that could give you warts.
frog and have dry, lumpy skin.
 Landscapers
 Yes
 Maybe
Gazelles- Comes from Africa and Asian and is
known for its graceful moments and lustrous eyes Fast, antelope.
 A track team
 Yes
 Yes
Hippos- Are mammals commonly found in Africa.
 Sumo wrestling
 Yes
 No
Heavy aquatic-ish animals that have large teeth.
Buzzards- A broad winged soaring scavenging
Gross, ugly birds that circle dead animals
hawk.
 Airplane racers
 No
 No
Snails- A mollusk having a slimy body and a hard
shell.
 Semi Truck racing
 No
 No
Meteors- A ball a fiery rock passing through the
earths atmosphere.
 Shot Put
 Yes
 Yes
Slimy, slow little things that have shells for
protection
A large space rock that falls from space and can
destroy large areas
Ferrets- A usual red eyed albinic variety of the poll Small rodents that are fierce and skinny.
cat.
 Cave exploration
 No
 No
Glaciers- An extended mass of ice moving very A large hunk of ice that was common in the ice
slowly over continents.
age.
 Skiers
 No
 No
Maggots- A soft bodied legless larvae of certain Gross little squirmy worm like larvae.
flies.
 Garbage disposal workers
 No
 No
Sloth- Any of several slow moving tropical
American animals having a long course gray-ish Slow moving weird looking animals.
brown coat and long claws.
 Tree climbers
 No
 No
Mosquitoes- blood sucking insects that fly and
Little blood sucking insects.
have six legs and may carry dieses.
 Competitive Vampires
 No
 Yes
Sleepers- a person who sleeps during the day
Sleeping people.
usually due to working at night.
 Competitive mattress selling
 No
 Maybe
Zeniths- A professional basket ball team in the 70s.
 Basket ball players
 No
 No
A type of bug.
Mare- A flat low dark plain on the moon.
 Horse racers
 Yes
 No
Young horses
Spikes- A sharp object sharp to the touch.
 Track team
 Yes
 Yes
Sharp objects
Step 2Z
1. Vikings- Bad; mean and Good; Tough
Tough mean
2. Rush- Good; fast
Players; move fast Fans; like to watch them go fast
3. Lakers- Good; people on boats on a lake
Fluid and organized
4. Twins- Bad; annoying and Good; cute
Know how to work together well
5. Thunder- Bad; scary, loud and can cause fires and Good; cool to watch
Loud and scary
Step 3