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Vocabulary For Achievement Quiz 12

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A traditional saying widely considered to be wise and true.

a)

adage

b)

personification

c)

alliteration

d)

allusion

2.

A collection of writings by various authors

a)

allusion

b)

melodramtic

c)

Anthology

d)

personification

3.

Repetition of sounds, usually of consonants

a)

onomatopoeia

b)

Adage

c)

melodrama

d)

Alliteration

4.

An indirect reference to something

a)

Epic

b)

Allusion

c)

Illusion

d)

serialized

5.

Presented in parts in a sequence

a)

serialized

b)

cerealized

c)

chronological

d)

epic

6.

A fake name used by an author: a pen name

a)

personify

b)

pseudonym

c)

buster

d)

Allusion

7.

A long poem or other literary work about heroes and their adventures.

a)

Alliteration

b)

Essay

c)

Episode

d)

Epic

8.

An extreme exaggeration

a)

Melodramatic

b)

hyperbole

c)

drama

d)

Grammy

9.

Overly emotional or sentimental

a)

Irony

b)

hyperbole

c)

melodramatic

d)

Simile

10.

To represent an animal, object, or idea as having human qualities .

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

oxymoron

d)

cause and effect

11.

Novels used to be _____ in magazines, with one chapter published per issue

a)

personified

b)

anthologized

c)

serialized

d)

alluded

12.

One example of _________is saying, "I am dying of thirst," when you are simply thirsty.

a)

personification

b)

hyperbole

c)

allusion

d)

psudonym

13.

The _____ movie was______ for televison

a)

adage, alluded

b)

epic .. serialized

c)

hyperbolic, anthologized

d)

allusion, melodramtic

14.

The ______ child acted as though he was dying when he got a tiny scratch

a)

melodramatic

b)

serialized

c)

epic

d)

personified

15.

The nursery rhyme " Jack and Jill" contains ______

a)

personifications

b)

serials

c)

adages

d)

alliteration

16.

In the 1800's some female authors used male

a)

pseudonyms

b)

hyperboles

c)

adages

d)

personification

17.

A character that is most likely to appear in an epic

a)

a clumsy plumber

b)

a sly fox

c)

a librarian

d)

a princess in distress

18.

A name that is most likely a pseudonym

a)

Terry Frank

b)

I.M Wise

c)

John Jones

d)

L.S Strickland

19.

An example of an adage

a)

haste makes waste

b)

down by the river

c)

Jack be nimble

d)

words to the wise

20.

An example of personification

a)

the ancient tree

b)

the rusty screen

c)

the thirsty car

d)

the chirping chipmunk

21.

A common hyperbole used by hungry people

a)

I'm hungry

b)

What's for dinner

c)

I'm starving

d)

Let's eat

22.

Something that is usually serialized

a)

movie

b)

comic strip

c)

book

d)

song

23.

The most likely title for an anthology

a)

Dog Etiquette

b)

Joan of Arc

c)

Charlotte's web

d)

Modern American Poets

24.

An example of alliteration

a)

five white horses

b)

five angry men

c)

five dainty cups

d)

five fighting friends

25.

Behavior that might be considered melodramatic

a)

silent reading

b)

loud moaning

c)

brisk walking

d)

pleasant chatting