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Mythology Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a prediction about the future

a)

embark

b)

research-based

c)

prophecy

d)

conflict

2.

go on board a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle

a)

plot

b)

embark

c)

metamorphosis

d)

myth

3.

give or present (an honor, right, or gift)

a)

conflict

b)

bestow

c)

research-based

d)

myth

4.

events beyond a person's (or god's) control; one cannot avoid it even if they try

a)

research-based

b)

fate

c)

ordeal

d)

separation

5.

some force beyond scientific understanding or the laws of nature

a)

metamorphosis

b)

supernatural

c)

resolution

d)

conflict

6.

the action or state of moving or being moved apart; leaving the ordinary world

a)

fate

b)

separation

c)

prophecy

d)

god/goddess

7.

a struggle between people and/or gods

a)

research-based

b)

conflict

c)

bestow

d)

myth

8.

a change of the form of thing or person into a completely different one, by natural or supernatural means

a)

metamorphosis

b)

prophecy

c)

conflict

d)

resolution

9.

a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events

a)

conflict

b)

research-based

c)

myth

d)

bestow

10.

a recurrent symbol or motif in literature, art, or mythology

a)

archetype

b)

bestow

c)

myth

d)

ordeal

11.

a supernatural being considered divine or sacred

a)

god/goddess

b)

phenomenon

c)

myth

d)

ordeal

12.

something (such as an interesting fact or event) that can be observed and studied and that typically is unusual or difficult to understand or explain fully

a)

god/goddess

b)

phenomenon

c)

myth

d)

ordeal

13.

the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work

a)

resolution

b)

phenomenon

c)

plot

d)

ordeal

14.

the point in a literary work at which the chief dramatic complication is worked out

a)

resolution

b)

phenomenon

c)

plot

d)

ordeal

15.

founded on an accumulation of facts that have been obtained by research

a)

resolution

b)

research-based

c)

narrator

d)

origin

16.

the point or place where something begins

a)

resolution

b)

research-based

c)

narrator

d)

origin

17.

a person who narrates something, especially a character who recounts the events of a novel or narrative poem

a)

resolution

b)

research-based

c)

narrator

d)

origin

18.

the quality or state of having two different or opposite parts or elements

a)

duality

b)

plot

c)

power

d)

origin

19.

the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events

a)

duality

b)

plot

c)

power

d)

origin

20.

a painful or difficult experience

a)

conflict

b)

bestow

c)

myth

d)

ordeal