This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 24 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of these is true of a bell preceding a fire drill? A) The bell signals that the fire drill is over. B) The bell signals that a fire drill will follow. C) There is no warning before the fire drill. D) The bell rings several hours before the fire drill. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The bell signals that a fire drill will follow. 2. What is the term for a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another word? A) Synonym. B) Homonym. C) Antonym. D) Acronym. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Synonym. 3. Which term means to look at something closely and figure out its parts or how it works? A) Narrate. B) Compare. C) Analyze. D) Cite. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Analyze. 4. To tell how two or more things are similar or alike A) Compare. B) Genre. C) Contrast. D) Infer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compare. 5. What does the word affect mean? A) All the answers. B) To influence. C) Make a difference to. D) Impact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) All the answers. 6. Choose the correct definition of phrase A) A group of words. B) A group of people. C) A group. D) A group of things. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A group of words. 7. What does it mean to INDICATE? A) To back up or justify your answer with evidence. B) To make clear by citing examples. C) To list the steps in order. D) To point out or show. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To point out or show. 8. Which pronoun is used in second person narration? A) He. B) You. C) I. D) They. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) You. 9. What means the same as COMPOSED? A) Dismantle. B) Take apart. C) Built of. D) Destroy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Built of. 10. Needed; you have to do it/have it A) Necessary. B) Defend. C) Predict. D) Clarify. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Necessary. 11. These are words charged with an underlying meaning or implication and are used to produce emotion in an audience.This definition applies to which term? A) Implied Language. B) Pronouns. C) Loaded Words. D) Descriptive Words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Loaded Words. 12. One ..... that possibly explains the disappearance of dinosaurs is that a meteorite hit the earth millions of years ago. A) PROCESS. B) THEORY. C) RESPONSE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) THEORY. 13. What is the "intent" of a piece of writing? A) The reason or purpose for writing it. B) The emotional tone. C) The chronological sequence of events. D) The main idea or message. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The reason or purpose for writing it. 14. Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately? A) "Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie. B) Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie. C) Which store do you want to go to? asked Marie. D) "Which store do you want to go to? asked Marie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie. 15. Which of these would be true of a subjective history of a country? A) It would be a history told with just the facts. B) It would not contain anyone's opinion of events. C) It would be written from the author's point of view. D) It would be an accurate view of events. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It would be written from the author's point of view. 16. Synonym mean, a word that A) Sounds the same but is spelled differently. B) Means the same as another word. C) Means the opposite of another word. D) Spelled incorrectly. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Means the same as another word. 17. Which of these would not be true of people who have a bias toward rock music? A) They pay attention to rock musicians more that other kinds. B) They go to more rock concerts that other kinds. C) They think rock music is the same as other kinds. D) They like rock music more that other kinds. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They think rock music is the same as other kinds. 18. To separate or break down (take apart) A) Strategies. B) Decompose. C) Solve. D) Array. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decompose. 19. Freedom from needing help from others. A) Confidence. B) Determination. C) Independence. D) Struggled. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Independence. 20. What is the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly? A) Theme. B) Character. C) Plot. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 21. The specific items used in an investigation A) Materials List. B) Testable. C) Data. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Materials List. 22. To protect against a challenge or attack A) Solve. B) Defend. C) Support. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Defend. 23. What is the main idea of this section? A) One of the parts that form something. B) To read something. C) The action or fact of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable. D) Dictionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One of the parts that form something. 24. A smaller part of something larger A) Synthesis. B) Whole. C) Component. D) Justification. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Component. 25. What means the same as SEQUENCE? A) Order. B) Scatter. C) Sparse. D) Spread. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Order. 26. When an inanimate object or animal is given human characteristics. A) Simile. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Personification. 27. The list of sources you mention at the end of you research task is know as the ..... A) Bibliography. B) Authors. C) Writers. D) Citations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bibliography. 28. Once the ..... was entered into the computer, a pattern began to emerge. A) DATA. B) METHOD. C) ASSESSMENT. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DATA. 29. Choose the most precise academic word to complete the sentence:The data seems to ..... that the planet is warming. A) Say. B) Feel. C) Indicate. D) Guess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indicate. 30. To find the answer A) Describe. B) Persuade. C) Opinion. D) Solve. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Solve. 31. Your teacher asks you to look for bias in an article. What should you do? A) Check to see if the author is for or against someone or something. B) Try to read faster. C) Check to see if the author of the article uses humor. D) Look for articles on the same subject to use for research. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Check to see if the author is for or against someone or something. 32. What does reveal mean? A) Hide. B) None of the answers. C) Effect. D) To show. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To show. 33. My best friend was coughing, sneezing, and always cold. After he told me he went to the doctor, I was able to ..... that he was very sick because the evidence was there. A) Claim. B) Assess. C) Infer. D) Interpret. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infer. 34. Contrasts- "The weather outside right now contrasts the weather yesterday" A) Same-similarities-same as. B) Different-differences-differs from. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Different-differences-differs from. 35. What is a movement, passage, or change from one position, state, stage, subject, concept, etc., to another? A) Transition. B) Evaluation. C) Deconstruction. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transition. 36. What means the same as COMPLIMENTARY? A) Matched. B) Independent. C) Unrelated. D) Different. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Matched. 37. What can you do if you are able to foresee a problem? A) Make a mistake. B) Let the problem get bugger. C) Avoid the problem before if occurs. D) Solve the problem after it occurs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Avoid the problem before if occurs. 38. She was really bad at Math, however she ..... to pass the Math exam with good grades. A) Struggled. B) Specialized. C) Independence. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Struggled. 39. EQUIPMENT is a ..... that means ..... A) Adjective. The set of tools, accessories, and objects used in a sport or activity. B) Noun. The set of tools, accessories, and objects used in a sport or activity. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Noun. The set of tools, accessories, and objects used in a sport or activity. 40. The use of a word or phrase that is less direct but considered less distasteful or less offensive than another is called ..... A) Euphemism. B) Metaphor. C) Hyperbole. D) Irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Euphemism. 41. The product of any number and zero is zero (a x 0= 0) A) Zero property of multiplication. B) Distributive property of multiplication over addition. C) Commutative property of multiplication. D) Identity property of multiplication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Zero property of multiplication. 42. To form by combining parts or elements; to bring together information from multiple source is called what? A) Evaluate. B) Analyze. C) Synthesize. D) Infer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synthesize. 43. What are stage directions? A) To describe the main action and conflict. B) To describe where and when a scene takes place and how actors should move. C) To divide the play into acts and scenes. D) To tell the story from the narrator's perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To describe where and when a scene takes place and how actors should move. 44. Something done or given to show thanks or respect; a payment. A) Gracing. B) Tribute. C) Classic. D) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tribute. 45. What does evident mean? A) Context. B) Transparent. C) Obvious. D) Hidden. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Obvious. 46. The definition for PRIMARILY ..... A) Most important. B) For the most part. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For the most part. 47. A telephone is a machine that can carry the sound of someone's voice. What does the root tele mean? A) Write or draw. B) Far away. C) Sound. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Far away. 48. Identify means ..... A) To figure out. B) To recognize and name. C) What a text is mostly about. D) To note similarities. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To recognize and name. 49. To mention something as an example to support or explain A) Format. B) List. C) Include. D) Cite. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cite. 50. Jody was proud to help her teacher put all their ..... away at the end of every physical education class. A) Equipment. B) Clothes. C) Trash. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Equipment. 51. What does the term 'thesis statement' refer to in academic writing? A) The main argument or claim. B) A summary of the main points. C) A conclusion. D) A question posed by the writer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The main argument or claim. 52. Supporting Details A) How a story is revealed. B) Clearly stated. C) Facts, examples, reasons, or other pieces of information that shape and refine the central idea. D) A reasonable guess based on textual evidence and what you already know. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Facts, examples, reasons, or other pieces of information that shape and refine the central idea. 53. How can you find the theme of a text? A) By giving your very best. B) By finding what the author wants you to know about the subject. C) By looking for what the main character has learned. D) By analyzing the text to make an educated guess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) By looking for what the main character has learned. 54. What is an "adverb" ? A) Describes a noun. B) Describes a person. C) Adding a verb to the sentence. D) Describes a verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Describes a verb. 55. The teacher had to demonstrate how to solve the equation by showing students how to understand the variable. Based on the above sentence, which of the following is the best meaning of demonstrate? A) To share information, opinions, and ideas about something. B) To prove something is true by giving evidence. C) To judge something. D) To show who or what something is. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To prove something is true by giving evidence. 56. What does the vocabulary word theme mean? A) The heart of the story, the main lesson. B) To determine the word meaning. C) A product that can be observed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The heart of the story, the main lesson. 57. What is a "fragment" in writing? A) A long and complex sentence. B) A complete sentence. C) A word that is misspelled. D) An incomplete or unfinished sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An incomplete or unfinished sentence. 58. A thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, especially something abstract. A) Metaphor. B) Intervention. C) Vowel. D) Genre. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Metaphor. 59. In literature, what is "drama" ? A) A type of comedy. B) A serious work of fiction. C) A genre characterized by conflict and emotion. D) The dialogue between characters. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A genre characterized by conflict and emotion. 60. To come to a logical conclusion based on evidence A) Confirm. B) Modify. C) Infer. D) Predict. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infer. ← 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