This free product can be used as bellwork/ warm-up, independent practice, collaborative work, or as a review! The product has students first identify between pairs of words, selecting the word that has a more positive connotation. The students then write 4 sentences to practice using words with different connotations. On the second page of the product, the students read two paragraphs that discuss the same topic, but have two different tones based on the word choice. Students will highlight/circ