Vocabulary Quiz: Multiple Choice Questions

Alliteration is best defined as:

• The repetition of vowel sounds in the middle of words

• The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of closely connected words

• The use of rhyming words at the end of lines

• The repetition of entire phrases

What does accompaniment mean?

• A final conclusion

• Something that goes along with or complements something else

• A type of musical instrument

• The act of achieving a goal

Admittance refers to:

• Accepting responsibility for something

• Permission to enter a place

• A written confession

• The quality of being honest

The term antebellum describes:

• The period after a major victory

• A type of Southern architecture

• The period before a war, especially the American Civil War

• Ancient Roman times

An apostrophe can be:

• Only a punctuation mark (')

• Only a literary device where a speaker addresses someone absent

• Both a punctuation mark and a literary device

• A type of poem

Achievement is best described as:

• Something accomplished through effort or skill

• A natural talent

• Good luck in life

• An inherited characteristic

If something is amateurish, it is:

• Done by someone young

• Lacking professional skill; done poorly

• Created for fun rather than money

• Simple but effective

Antenatal means:

• After birth

• Before birth; prenatal

• During birth

• Related to ants

A technique is:

• A natural ability

• A way of doing something, especially one requiring skill

• A type of technology

• An old-fashioned method

Compression involves:

• Understanding complex ideas

• The act of pressing or squeezing something into a smaller space

• Expanding something to make it larger

• Comparing two different things