Vocabulary Quiz #5 Name:__________________________



Vocabulary Quiz #5 Name:__________________________

Match the following words with their definitions:

___ 1. alliteration a. to read between the lines; to figure it out

___ 2. allusion b. the author shows what the character is like

___ 3. allude c. the bad guy

___ 4. analogy d. the repetition of sounds at the beginning of words

___ 5. protagonist e. a conclusion based on the available information

___ 6. antagonist f. a reference to a well-known source

___ 7. antagonize g. comparison of two unlike things to show similarity

___ 8. direct characterization h. author tells what the character is like

___ 9. indirect characterization i. to refer to a well-known source

___10. inference j. the main character and the one who has a goal

___11. infer k. to bring agony or misery upon someone else

___12. character j. could be either dynamic or static

Fill in the word that completes the meaning of each sentence. Write the word in the blank space.

1. In the sentence from the novel, “The street light on the corner cast sharp shadows on the Radley house” the words “sharp shadows” are an example of __________________.

a. inference b. antagonist c. allusion d. alliteration

2. In the novel, when Heck Tate points to “a shiny clean line” on the dull chicken wire of Scout’s costume, the reader can _______________ that someone attacked Scout with a sharp knife.

a. allude b. antagonize c. infer d. analogy

3. Knowing that Mr. Cunningham is a proud man who never accepts anything he can’t pay back, Scout makes an ___________________ that his son, Walter, is that way too.

a. indirect characterization b. allusion c. antagonist d. inference

4. In the following sentence, the author uses ______________ characterization: “Talking to Francis gave me the sensation of settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean.”

a. indirect b. direct

5. In the following sentence, the author uses ______________ characterization: “He was the most boring child I ever met.”

a. indirect b. direct

6. The author, Harper Lee, compares Bob Ewell to a rabid dog in order to make an ______________ that shows the similarity of racism to a horrible disease.

a. allusion b. analogy c. alliteration

7. Jem ________________ Scout sometimes by telling her she is acting like a girl more and more everyday, but he really loves his sister.

a. infers b. alludes c. antagonizes

8. Scout ________________ to an earlier quote from Atticus by telling him that arresting Boo would be like killing a mockingbird.

a. alludes b. alliterates c. antagonizes d. analyzes

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