This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 21 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 21 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Information from reading that hints at a word's meaning A) Modify. B) Context clues. C) Visualize. D) Confirm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Deduce. B) Discuss. C) Debate. D) Credible. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Debate. 6. What is a synonym for "exemplify" ? A) Simplify. B) Oppose. C) Represent. D) Criticize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Represent. 7. What does the word "Describe" mean? A) Give the reasons why something happens. Use the word "because" . B) Write about what something is like. C) Say what you think will happen. D) Use numbers in the question to work out an answer. Show your workings. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Summarize. B) Text. C) Strategy. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summarize. 10. The reason why something happens is the ..... A) Cause. B) Resolution. C) Exposition. D) Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cause. 11. Act of closely examining and judging the media A) Reasoning. B) Bias. C) Evidence. D) Media Criticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Media Criticism. 12. Series of events in a drama A) Set. B) Plot. C) Drama. D) Scene. 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) Denotative meaning. B) Connotative meaning. C) Figurative meaning. D) Literal meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotative meaning. 15. Information that supports your reasons with facts and research A) Evidence. B) Advertisement. C) Rumor. D) Story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evidence. 16. The general place, historical time, and social circumstances in which action occurs in a story or play A) Setting. B) Characterization. C) Plot. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 17. The use of effective and precise language or word choice to communicate information in a specific way to enlighten the reader. A) Diction. B) Mood. C) Tone. D) Edit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Separate from. C) Stronger than. D) Relies on. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relies on. 20. What are groups of lines in a poem that provide a natural break? A) Lines. B) Rhyme Scheme. C) Stanzas. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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) Crescendo. B) Passion. C) Orchestra. D) Great. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Data. B) Opinion. C) Defend. 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) Infer. B) Relevant. C) Formulate. D) Interpret. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesAcademic Vocabulary Quiz 1Academic Vocabulary Quiz 2Academic Vocabulary Quiz 3Academic Vocabulary Quiz 4Academic Vocabulary Quiz 5Academic Vocabulary Quiz 6Academic Vocabulary Quiz 7Academic Vocabulary Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books