This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 11 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 11 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Information from reading that hints at a word's meaning A) Confirm. B) Modify. C) Visualize. D) Context clues. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Context clues. 2. The anticipation of a game makes the team nervous. What does that mean? A) The game was played and the team lost. B) The team is nervous from thinking about the game. C) The team is nervous because no one knows where the game will be played. D) No one expects the team to win. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) No one expects the team to win. 3. What does restate mean? A) To say again or in another way. B) A goal or end of action. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To say again or in another way. 4. What does the vocabulary word imagery mean? (Hint:Think of the word image) A) Words or sentences to paint a picture in the reader's mind. B) The main character in a story. C) A key word in a story. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words or sentences to paint a picture in the reader's mind. 5. To argue with others about an issue A) Discuss. B) Deduce. C) Credible. D) Debate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Debate. 6. What is a synonym for "exemplify" ? A) Simplify. B) Represent. C) Oppose. D) Criticize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Represent. 7. What does the word "Describe" mean? A) Give the reasons why something happens. Use the word "because" . B) Say what you think will happen. C) Use numbers in the question to work out an answer. Show your workings. D) Write about what something is like. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Write about what something is like. 8. What does the word 'analyze' mean? A) To examine in detail to understand or draw conclusions. B) To ignore and overlook details. C) To summarize briefly without details. D) To memorize information without understanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To examine in detail to understand or draw conclusions. 9. To restate the important ideas or events from a text in a shorter way A) Strategy. B) Evidence. C) Summarize. D) Text. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Summarize. 10. The reason why something happens is the ..... A) Cause. B) Exposition. C) Effect. D) Resolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cause. 11. Act of closely examining and judging the media A) Evidence. B) Reasoning. C) Bias. D) Media Criticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Media Criticism. 12. Series of events in a drama A) Scene. B) Plot. C) Drama. D) Set. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Plot. 13. Tone can best described as A) Attitude of the reader. B) The overall mood or feeling in a story. C) The author's attitude toward his writing. D) Reader's point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The author's attitude toward his writing. 14. What may be suggested by or associated with the meaning of words (e.g., home may suggest warmth or family) A) Connotative meaning. B) Denotative meaning. C) Figurative meaning. D) Literal meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Connotative meaning. 15. Information that supports your reasons with facts and research A) Advertisement. B) Evidence. C) Rumor. D) Story. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evidence. 16. The general place, historical time, and social circumstances in which action occurs in a story or play A) Plot. B) Characterization. C) Setting. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Setting. 17. The use of effective and precise language or word choice to communicate information in a specific way to enlighten the reader. A) Edit. B) Diction. C) Mood. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diction. 18. The ANTONYM of ran / bolted is: A) Insight. B) Wandered. C) Curious. D) Bored. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wandered. 19. What does the word DEPENDENT mean? A) Important to. B) Relies on. C) Separate from. D) Stronger than. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relies on. 20. What are groups of lines in a poem that provide a natural break? A) Lines. B) Rhyme Scheme. C) Theme. D) Stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanzas. 21. It is 12 ..... for the survival of the human race that everybody cares more about Earth and the environment. A) Deduced. B) Altered. C) Crucial. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crucial. 22. What is the function of a thesis statement in an essay? A) To state the main argument or point of the essay. B) To list all the sources used. C) To provide a summary of the essay. D) To introduce the author. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To state the main argument or point of the essay. 23. Which word in this sentence is domain-specific to music? "The orchestra played the final crescendo with great passion." A) Passion. B) Orchestra. C) Crescendo. D) Great. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crescendo. 24. Which literary device involves the repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 25. What does the word "Explain" mean? A) Give the reasons why something happens. Use the word "because" . B) Say what you think will happen. C) Write about what something is like. D) Write about the similarities and differences between two or more things. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Give the reasons why something happens. Use the word "because" . 26. Founded on fact or evidence A) Defend. B) Opinion. C) Data. D) Valid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Valid. 27. At school you study ..... like maths, science and languages. A) Subjects. B) Degrees. C) Qualifications. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subjects. 28. To form (an opinion) from evidence; to reach (a conclusion) based on known facts A) Relevant. B) Formulate. C) Infer. D) Interpret. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infer. 29. This person refused to give their seat to a white person on the bus. A) Malcolm X. B) Rosa Parks. C) Martin Luther King, Jr. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rosa Parks. 30. Repeating patterns of sounds in poems or songs. A) Rhythm. B) Speaker. C) Stanza. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. 31. How would you say "I'm fixin' to go to the store" in standard English? A) I am going to fix the store. B) I went to the store to fix something. C) I am fixing a snack for the store. D) I am about to go to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I am about to go to the store. 32. Mrs. Carter will discuss the chapter with the class so that they can share what they have learned from reading. Based on the sentence above, which of the following is the best meaning of discuss? A) To share information, opinions, and ideas about something. B) To arrange things in an order that makes them easy to find. C) A change that results from a cause. D) The main subject of a piece of writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To share information, opinions, and ideas about something. 33. What is the connotative meaning of a word? A) The emotional or cultural associations that a word carries, beyond its literal definition. B) The connotative meaning of a word is its pronunciation. C) The connotative meaning of a word is its part of speech. D) The connotative meaning of a word is its dictionary definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The emotional or cultural associations that a word carries, beyond its literal definition. 34. To tell how two things are similar (alike) A) Contrast. B) Contour. C) Compare. D) Company. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compare. 35. What is the definition of 'data'? A) Historical events. B) Facts, statistics, or information. C) Personal opinions. D) Fictional stories. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Facts, statistics, or information. 36. To determine and explain the meaning of something A) Indicate. B) Seek. C) Derive. D) Interpret. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interpret. 37. What is the correct order for PPQRAP? A) Preview, Read/Gist, Answer, Prove. B) Predict, Questions, Read/Gist, Answer, Prove. C) Read, Answer, Prove, Preview, Predict. D) Preview, Predict, Questions, Read/Gist, Answer, Prove. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Preview, Predict, Questions, Read/Gist, Answer, Prove. 38. When you do research you should be careful to consult many sources to select the most ..... sources. A) Unimportant. B) Interesting. C) Important. D) Credible. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Credible. 39. Which of the following means the same as ABSORB? A) Disperse. B) Eject. C) Spew. D) Take in. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Take in. 40. A story within a story about politics, religion, or morality which has a deeper meaning.The Three Little Pigs A) Apostrophe. B) Anecdote. C) Allegory. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allegory. 41. Read the sentence: "The evidence was sufficient to prove his point." What does sufficient mean here? A) Just enough. B) Not enough. C) Too much. D) Unclear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Just enough. 42. Experiment is a: A) Observation. B) Conclusion. C) Test. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Test. 43. What the actors wear A) Scene. B) Props. C) Costumes. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Costumes. 44. The set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event A) Interpret. B) Context. C) Derive. D) Analyze. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Context. 45. What does locate mean? A) To create a structure. B) Find the exact place or position of. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Find the exact place or position of. 46. Which of the following terms means to mention an idea from a text to support your opinion? A) Interpret. B) Cite. C) Argue. D) Compare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cite. 47. What does it mean to "classify" information in a text? A) To analyze the effect of the information. B) To draw conclusions. C) To evaluate the significance of the information. D) To categorize or group similar items together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To categorize or group similar items together. 48. To arrive at a conclusion through logic and reasoning A) Deduce. B) Detective. C) Describe. D) Debate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deduce. 49. Which of the following is NOT a claim? A) California is the best state in the USA. B) Twinkies taste better than other snack cakes because of their texture, their creamy filling, and their golden appearance. C) The school year began on August 18 and will end on June 4. D) Christmas is the best holiday of the year. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The school year began on August 18 and will end on June 4. 50. An objection that others might raise in response to the claim A) Concluding statement. B) Alternate or opposing claim. C) Conflicting evidence. D) Counterclaim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alternate or opposing claim. 51. To provide a good reason for something A) Justify. B) Verify. C) Sequence. D) Formulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Justify. 52. The math word "composite" means: A) Two factors. B) 3 or more factors. C) No factors. D) One factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3 or more factors. 53. The author's most important message in a text is ..... A) The purpose. B) The topic. C) The author's mood. D) The central idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The central idea. 54. The time and place a story occurs. A) Stage. B) Setting. C) Fact. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Setting. 55. To show how people or things differ from one another A) Contradict. B) Contrast. C) Elaborate. D) Compare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrast. 56. To go into or provide more details about something A) Evaluate. B) Elaborate. C) Summarize. D) Analyze. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Elaborate. 57. "You can lead a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink" is an example of A) Adverb clause. B) Aphorism. C) Adjective clause. D) Abstract. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aphorism. 58. A synonym for allocate A) Allot. B) Hold. C) Submit. D) Defer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allot. 59. The meaning of a word A) Antonymns. B) Denotation. C) Definition. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Definition. 60. To analyze is to A) Look closely and in more depth. B) Retell the central idea. C) Grow over time. D) Support the central idea. 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