This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 22 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 22 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When a character says one thing but means another ..... A) Plain irony. B) Situational irony. C) Dramatic irony. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verbal irony. 2. What is a pilgrim? A) A person who make a long journey to a foreign land. B) A person who makes a slow journey to a foreign land. C) A person who makes a fast journey to a foreign land. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who make a long journey to a foreign land. 3. Which word refers to the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing? A) Diction. B) Syntax. C) Grammar. D) Semantics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diction. 4. The end of a text when the main conflict is resolved A) Conflict. B) Resolution. C) Climax. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resolution. 5. Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. A) Bias. B) Media Bias. C) Media Criticism. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bias. 6. Jessica compared and contrasted two texts; she looked at how the stories were ..... and how they were different.What word best fills in the blank in the sentence above? A) Indicate. B) Similar. C) Specific. D) Factor. E) Evident. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Similar. 7. The ending or outcome A) Conclusion. B) Theme. C) Introduction. D) Main idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conclusion. 8. The word concerned means ..... A) Knowledge. B) An argument. C) Hard surface to walk on. D) Troubled by. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Troubled by. 9. A break in a story that will tell about something that happened at an earlier time is a ..... A) Antagonist. B) Foreshadowing. C) Exposition. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. 10. To interact with a text by adding comments or notes in order to record significant features and/or add personal insights that may enhance one's understanding of the text while reading. A) Text evidence. B) Annotate. C) Theme. D) Context clue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Annotate. 11. What word describes things that are coming out of a reaction or system? A) Output. B) Chemicals. C) Input. D) Reactants. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Output. 12. It is 7 ..... that people are aware of the problem of environmental pollution because it threatens human survival. A) Fundamental. B) Deduced. C) Anticipated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fundamental. 13. What does the vocabulary word author's main purpose mean? A) The reason the author has for writing the text or selection. B) A word to form other words. C) To run outside. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reason the author has for writing the text or selection. 14. He thanked us from ..... Fill in the blank. A) The bottom of my heart. B) Pour Heart out. C) Put heart into something. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The bottom of my heart. 15. To not have enough of something A) Dismay. B) Lack. C) Remark. D) Master. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lack. 16. How can academic vocabulary be used in writing? A) By incorporating specialized terms, formal language, and precise terminology commonly used in academic disciplines. B) By using vague and ambiguous language. C) By avoiding technical terms and jargon. D) By using slang and informal language. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) By incorporating specialized terms, formal language, and precise terminology commonly used in academic disciplines. 17. The word whinge means to A) To complain. B) Complain and cry. C) Complain consistently in an irritating way. D) To cry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Complain consistently in an irritating way. 18. To cause the beginning of something to start A) Expression. B) Contributions. C) Draft. D) Initiate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Initiate. 19. One of the five themes of geography, tells where a place is. A) Historian. B) Location. C) Timeline. D) Cause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Location. 20. How is "surpass" used in this sentence? "She worked hard to surpass her previous achievements." A) To improve on. B) To ignore. C) To reflect on. D) To abandon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To improve on. 21. This is when groups of 3 adjectives or phrases are used to make ideas memorable.This definition applies to which term? A) Jargon. B) Rule of Three. C) Adjectives. D) Figurative Language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rule of Three. 22. When the author uses repeated words or italicized words to show something is important. A) Convey. B) Emphasize. C) Reveal. D) Repetition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emphasize. 23. VocabularyParents should always ..... to talk to their childrenabout their problems. A) Do time. B) Do chores. C) Make time. D) Make chores. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make time. 24. Parts of a text authors use to make the text easier to understand A) Text features. B) Solution. C) Problem. D) Text structures. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Text features. 25. A prefix meaning "before" A) Mis-. B) Re-. C) Un-. D) Pre-. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pre-. 26. Five ideas that help you learn about the earth and everything on it. A) 5 themes of geography. B) Chronological order. C) Human characteristics. D) Human/environmental interaction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5 themes of geography. 27. The character in a text that works against the main character A) Villain. B) Hero. C) Protagonist. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antagonist. 28. Which word is an antonym of friend? A) Enemy. B) Faithful. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enemy. 29. What does it mean to contrast? A) To give reasons why you think something is true or should happen. B) To tell a story or describe events that happened. C) To show how things are similar to each other. D) To show how things are different from each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To show how things are different from each other. 30. Able to be observed and measured A) Evidence. B) Testable. C) Accurate. D) Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Testable. 31. If you interpret something, what are you doing? A) Making a guess about the future. B) Explaining the meaning of something. C) Quoting from another source. D) Putting things into groups. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explaining the meaning of something. 32. My ..... was not to hurt you. Choose the word to fill in the blank. A) Practice. B) Space. C) Intention. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intention. 33. To explain something by drawing or giving examples A) Provide. B) Note. C) Issue. D) Illustrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Illustrate. 34. A decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot. A) Climax. B) Genre. C) Falling Action. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 35. The problem or issue the main character is having is the main ..... A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Conflict. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict. 36. Which of the following is an example of the verb 'approach'? A) The cat slept near the baby. B) The cat ignored the baby. C) The cat played with the baby. D) The cat approached the baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The cat approached the baby. 37. Identify the correct sentence structure: A) Runs she quickly to the store. B) Quickly she runs store to the. C) Store she quickly runs to the. D) She quickly runs to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She quickly runs to the store. 38. Who is a "poet" ? A) Someone who writes poetry. B) Someone who reads a poem. C) Someone who studies famous poets. D) Someone who likes poetry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone who writes poetry. 39. Readers must look for specific details in the text to support their answers.What does specific mean as it is used in this sentence? A) Precise or exact. B) Lengthy or long. C) General. D) Many. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Precise or exact. 40. To change some parts of something A) Analyze. B) Confirn. C) Infer. D) Modify. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Modify. 41. If you are lying and I say, "Your nose is growing" ..... Pinnochio A) Allusion. B) Analogy. C) Antecedent. D) Adverb clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 42. What is the definition of chronological? A) To give reasons why you think something is true or should happen. B) Putting things in order by time, from earliest to latest. C) To mention where you got information from. D) To show how things are different from each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Putting things in order by time, from earliest to latest. 43. Proof that something happened or is true. A) Evidence. B) Cause. C) Geography. D) Timeline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evidence. 44. What means the same as SYNTHESIZE? A) Disperse. B) Separate. C) Divide. D) Make. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make. 45. The word 'utmost' is synonymous with the following words, except ..... A) Maximum. B) Relevant. C) Greatest. D) Ultimate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relevant. 46. Disproves the alternate or opposing claim, explains why the opposing claim is wrong A) Credible source. B) Counterclaim. C) Alternate claim. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Counterclaim. 47. A word opposite in meaning to another A) Literature. B) Literacy. C) Antonym. D) Semantics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antonym. 48. Walking ..... is more difficult than walking forward because you can't see where you're going. A) Backward. B) Side way. C) On one leg. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Backward. 49. What is a rebuttal? A) When the author responds directly to the counterclaim and provides reasons why their point is superior. B) Proof that the author can be trusted. C) The author's main point. D) Facts, statistics, quotes, and expert opinions that support the author's main point. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the author responds directly to the counterclaim and provides reasons why their point is superior. 50. Information or details that an author includes within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words. A) Text evidence. B) Theme. C) Annotate. D) Context clue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Context clue. 51. When the result of previous studies are of the same with yours, it means that the former studies ..... your discovery. A) Accord with. B) Contradict. C) Differ from. D) Are broadly inconsistent with. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accord with. 52. When you put the words of others into your own words, you are doing what? A) Writing. B) Plagiarizing. C) Paraphrasing. D) Cheating. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paraphrasing. 53. This definition applies to which term? This is the facts or information that are used to indicate whether a view is true or valid and is used to give weight to an argument. A) Anecdotes. B) Assertion. C) Evidence. D) Rule of Three. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evidence. 54. A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. A) Apostrophe. B) Anecdote. C) Analogy. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anecdote. 55. The conversation between two characters is called- A) Cast. B) Stage direction. C) Plot. D) Dialogue. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Dialogue. 56. The word indicate means- A) Leave out. B) Not obvious; hidden. C) Add space. D) Show or point to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Show or point to. 57. An arguable statement made by an author of an argument. An idea that the speaker wants the audience to agree with. A) Genre. B) Claim. C) Appeal. D) Argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claim. 58. The inference that a claim is true for most people and is used to speak to prevailing beliefs or prejudices of an audience.This definition applies to which term? A) Assertion. B) Generalization. C) Attacks. D) Faulty Reasoning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Generalization. 59. What means the same as DEGENERATES? A) Builds up. B) Improves. C) Elevates. D) Breaks down. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Breaks down. 60. To find differences A) Contrast. B) Integrate. C) Evaluate. D) Defend. 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