This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 15 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 15 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This poem is written so that the reader laughs. A) Lyrical. B) Humorous. C) Haiku. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humorous. 2. In order to enter the Zoom meeting, the students had to log in with a ..... email address.What word best fills in the blank in the sentence above? A) Factor. B) Specific. C) Indicate. D) Evident. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Specific. 3. This court case created the phrase "separate but equal." A) Plessy v. Ferguson. B) Brown v. Board of Education. C) Civil Rights Act. D) Parks v. Recreation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plessy v. Ferguson. 4. Hypothesis is most similar to: A) A fact. B) A guess. C) A rule. D) A question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A guess. 5. In which sentence is the word 'argument' used in its academic sense? A) My brother and I had a loud argument over the remote. B) Her essay presented a strong argument for recycling. C) Stop trying to start an argument with me!. D) Their argument was so noisy the neighbors complained. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Her essay presented a strong argument for recycling. 6. Multiply regardless of how the numbers are grouped (a x b) x c = a x (b x c) A) Zero property of multiplication. B) Associative property of multiplication. C) Identity property of multiplication. D) Distributive property of multiplication. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Associative property of multiplication. 7. Early European explorers of Australia encountered a people for whom the ..... of ownership and trade were completely unknown. A) VARIABLES. B) CONCEPTS. C) ENVIRONMENT. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) CONCEPTS. 8. Compares two things that are very different (Example: "The sun is a yellow ball." ) A) Solution. B) Metaphor. C) Problem. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 9. She spent her ..... traveling around the world. A) University. B) Career. C) Gap year. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gap year. 10. What suffix can be added to 'educate' to form a noun? A) Educative. B) Education. C) Educational. D) Educator. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Education. 11. The connotative mean of a word is the ..... A) Suggested meaning. B) Opinion of the author. C) Made up meaning. D) Literal meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Suggested meaning. 12. What is the definition for conveyed? A) To communicate by statement, suggestion, gesture, or appearance. B) What the author wants the reader to know about the subject he/she is writing about. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To communicate by statement, suggestion, gesture, or appearance. 13. To make clear by citing examples A) Sequence. B) Indicate. C) Formulate. D) Illustrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Illustrate. 14. ..... can be misleading:conveying excitement when the story is not exciting; expressing approval or disapproval. A) Bias by photos, captions and images. B) Bias through omission. C) Bias by headlines. D) Media Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bias by headlines. 15. A statement used to support an idea A) Inference. B) Argument. C) Attribute. D) Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Argument. 16. A diagram listing important events within a particular historical period. A) Evidence. B) History. C) Place. D) Timeline. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Timeline. 17. Which vocabulary word is spelled correctly? A) Persunificatn. B) Personificatshon. C) Personificaton. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 18. What is an antonym for "giving up" A) Skeptical. B) Incorporated. C) Manufactured. D) Persistence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Persistence. 19. What means the same as PROPORTION? A) Entirety. B) Whole. C) Ratio. D) Everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ratio. 20. Note the difference between two or more things. A) Interpret. B) Evaluate. C) Contrast. D) Predict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contrast. 21. Choose the correct definition of irrelevant A) Contemporary. B) Closely connected. C) Connected to something. D) Not connected to something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not connected to something. 22. Scientists 8 ..... that temperatures will continue to rise because of results of data from the last few years. A) Deduce. B) Interpretation. C) Contradict. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deduce. 23. What is the meaning of the word "figurative" ? A) Literal. B) Small numbers. C) Symbolic, not literal. D) Explained. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolic, not literal. 24. What resources can students use to learn academic vocabulary? A) Textbooks, online dictionaries, flashcards, vocabulary apps, and language learning websites. B) Cookbooks, travel guides, fashion magazines. C) Social media, video games, movies. D) Thesaurus, encyclopedias, grammar books. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Textbooks, online dictionaries, flashcards, vocabulary apps, and language learning websites. 25. In math, what are "factor pairs" ? A) Skip counting and getting that number. B) Two numbers multiplied to find the product. C) Three numbers together. D) Reducing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two numbers multiplied to find the product. 26. "I think you need to ..... your essay in a more logical way." A) STRUCTURE. B) OCCUR. C) INDICATE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) STRUCTURE. 27. What does it mean to analyze something? A) To look at something closely and figure out its parts or how it works. B) To put things in order by time, from earliest to latest. C) To say something is true, even if you haven't proved it yet. D) To show how things are different from each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To look at something closely and figure out its parts or how it works. 28. How does that event contribute to the plot? A) To give or help. B) An understanding of events. C) Distract from the plot. D) Rising action in a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To give or help. 29. To create (something) over a period of time A) Utter. B) Develop. C) Project. D) Ease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Develop. 30. When the audience must infer for themselves what the character is like through the character's thoughts, actions, and speech ..... A) Round character. B) Regular characterization. C) Direct characterization. D) Indirect characterization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Indirect characterization. 31. What is the definition of 'exaggerate'? A) To understate or downplay something. B) To accurately represent something. C) To ignore or disregard something. D) To overstate or overemphasize something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To overstate or overemphasize something. 32. My classmate always tries to ..... that I cheat because I make good grades. Everyone else knows that is not true. A) Compare. B) Effect. C) Refer. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claim. 33. What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'? A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 34. Which phrase is the odd one out? A) Turning to the issue of immigration. B) As we all know, immigration seems a significant issue. C) Immigration seems to be of major concern. D) Immigration has caused major debates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As we all know, immigration seems a significant issue. 35. Note the similarity or likeness between two or more things. A) Predict. B) Contrast. C) Compare. D) Interpret. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Compare. 36. "Sweet flavourings, and in particular cacao syrup, were used to hide the disgusting taste of drugs such as quinine." Which word or phrase is unsuitable? A) Sweet. B) Disgusting. C) Such as. D) Particular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Disgusting. 37. Autobiography/memoir A) A historical fiction story about a person's life. B) Any story about a person's life. C) A factual story writen about a person's life. D) A factual story a person writes about his or her own life. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A factual story a person writes about his or her own life. 38. What is to compare in order to show differences? A) Contrast. B) Analyze. C) Evaluate. D) Compare. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contrast. 39. Point of view is ..... A) The reader's opinion or perspective. B) The vantage point, or perspective of a story. C) Who the narrator is. D) The author's opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The vantage point, or perspective of a story. 40. A person that studies the events of the past. A) Historian. B) Location. C) Movement. D) Geography. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Historian. 41. Reading the story carefully helps the reader have a deeper understanding. A) Not budging. B) Solid. C) To argue; debate. D) Knowledge about a particular situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knowledge about a particular situation. 42. What does it mean to make an "inference" ? A) To cite evidence from the text. B) To build a fence. C) To make an educated guess or logical conclusion. D) To find the theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make an educated guess or logical conclusion. 43. A classification system used to organize texts into categories, such as poetry, drama, literary fiction, informational nonfiction, and so on. A) Genre. B) Appeal. C) Claim. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genre. 44. An expression that means something different than its literal meaning. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 45. The author's universal message about life, humanity, or society; what the story is really about A) Theme. B) Main idea. C) Plot. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 46. I strted school when I was 7. I never went to a ..... school as a baby. A) Vocational. B) Nursery. C) Primary. D) Secondary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nursery. 47. A word part added AFTER a root word A) Affix. B) Prefix. C) Suffix. D) Definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Suffix. 48. Which word is an antonym of real? A) Imaginary. B) Truth. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imaginary. 49. A specialized dictionary A) Connotation. B) Definition. C) Glossary. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glossary. 50. This is the re-occurrence of certain words or phrases and it is used to emphasize certain ideas, and make them more memorable.This definition applies to which term? A) Rule of Three. B) Repetition. C) Consonance. D) Adjectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 51. Regina needs to use a more appropriate transition ..... A transition word is often found at the ..... of a sentence. A) Middle. B) End. C) Beginning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beginning. 52. This word means how the text is written. An example would be the author wrote paragraph 1 in cause/effect. A) Italicize. B) Excerpt. C) Organizational pattern. D) Logical order. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Organizational pattern. 53. This is the ideas or feelings that a certain word invokes and is used to create certain emotional responses in an audience.This definition applies to which term? A) Denotation. B) Connotation. C) Ethos. D) Loaded Words. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 54. Make sure your essay is legible ..... what does this word mean? A) In cursive. B) In print. C) Neat and clear to read. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neat and clear to read. 55. Fill-in-the-blank:The scientist's research was ..... , covering many fields of study. A) Singular. B) Multifarious. C) Limited. D) Narrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multifarious. 56. A news outlet prominently places news stories that coincide with a specific agenda A) Bias. B) Bias by placement. C) Bias by selection of sources. D) Bias through omission. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bias by placement. 57. Qualities that a person has (ex kindness and courage) are ..... A) Character traits. B) Inferences. C) Context clues. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Character traits. 58. What does the word waver mean? A) To be uncirtan. B) To need a rest. C) To fall to the ground. D) To move your hand excitedly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be uncirtan. 59. ANALYSIS:in agreement or reliable. A) TRUE. B) FASLE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FASLE. 60. 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