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 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Conclusion is based on: A) A guess. B) Evidence. C) A theory. D) A question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Evidence. 2. What is a SYNONYM? A) A word that means exactly or nearly the SAME as another word. B) A word that means exactly or nearly the OPPOSITE of another word. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A word that means exactly or nearly the SAME as another word. 3. What does this word mean? Use the context to try and figure it out.'Writing at academic level is an acquired skill that can literally take years to master' A) Special. B) Obtained. C) Difficult. D) Easy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Obtained. 4. Design features that organize and share information, such as headings, captions, illustrations, and fonts. A) Mood. B) Text features. C) Graphics. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Text features. 5. What does connected mean? A) Fit one thing together. B) Nothing fits together. C) Nothing can be connected. D) Fit two or more things together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fit two or more things together. 6. What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence?My dad roars like a lion when I forget to do my chores. A) Simile. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Hyperbole. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. What is the main idea of a story? A) The main idea of a story is the setting or location. B) The main idea of a story is the central message or theme. C) The main idea of a story is the plot or sequence of events. D) The main idea of a story is the characters or their actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The main idea of a story is the central message or theme. 8. What does the word PRINCIPLE mean? A) An idea, law, or fact. B) A person who runs a school. C) Another word for perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An idea, law, or fact. 9. It can also be ..... that global warming is not the only biggest threat to Earth's future. A) Attained. B) Perceived. C) Phenomenon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perceived. 10. In academic writing, which word is used to describe a detailed examination of the elements or structure of something? A) Critique. B) Summary. C) Overview. D) Analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analysis. 11. The root voc means call or speak. What does the word vocal mean? A) Voiced or spoken. B) Touched or felt. C) Sensed or smelled. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voiced or spoken. 12. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?Nature's first green is goldHer hardest hue to holdHer early leaf's a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay. A) ABAB. B) AABB. C) AAAB. D) ABBA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) AABB. 13. The secondary meaning of a word that focuses on the feeling connected with it. A) Stanza. B) Plot. C) Denotation. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Connotation. 14. Streams, stream banks, and the low lands around them provide important habitat for animals and plants that share the urban/suburban landscape with us.What does the word habitat mean as it is used in the sentence? A) Area. B) Environment. C) Shelter. D) Territory. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Environment. 15. Special words or expressions used by a profession or certain group; this is used to signal expertise and establish credibility.This definition applies to which term? A) Technical Language. B) Loaded Words. C) Bias. D) Jargon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jargon. 16. The ..... is the feeling the story creates. A) Setting. B) Energy. C) Tone. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 17. The number being divided A) Array. B) Divisor. C) Dividend. D) Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dividend. 18. To review the quality of a thing A) Critique. B) Describe. C) Construct. D) Describe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Critique. 19. What does the word disrupt mean? Think of the meaning of the root rupt. A) To cause a change in the amount of light. B) To cause a break or problem in something. C) To break a glass. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To cause a break or problem in something. 20. What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence?Muffled sounds floated up like balloons, the wind murmured softly, and a bird called from somewhere in the distance. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Onomatopoeia. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 21. Something specific that one wonders and seeks to test A) Inference. B) Experiment. C) Science. D) Research Question. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Research Question. 22. One ..... that tourism brought to my region was greater employment opportunities. A) PROCESS. B) ESTIMATE. C) BENEFIT. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BENEFIT. 23. An idea or conclusion based on an observation A) Inference. B) Prediction. C) Interpretation. D) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inference. 24. He was ..... to take a class before he could get his certificate. A) Sourced. B) Required. C) Researched. D) Affected. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Required. 25. Something that stands out; special A) Characteristic. B) Unique. C) Trait. D) Common. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unique. 26. To find something for the first time A) Discover. B) Describe. C) Persuade. D) Expand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discover. 27. To stop supporting a business or country in protest. A) Civil Right. B) Refusal. C) Boycott. D) Sit-in. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Boycott. 28. The conclusion of a story's conflict, where any unanswered questions or "loose ends" are addressed for the reader. A) Plot. B) Resolution. C) Conflict. D) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resolution. 29. In the sentence 'The cat, which was very hungry, meowed loudly, ' what is the function of the phrase 'which was very hungry'? A) Subordinate clause. B) Main clause. C) Noun clause. D) Adjective clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Adjective clause. 30. When you do research you need to ..... the sources carefully before writing your summary to make sure the information is credible. A) Read. B) Scan. C) Analyze. D) Edit. 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