This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Tells why and makes someone care about your claim A) Mistake. B) Fib. C) Reason. D) Misunderstanding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reason. 2. The ..... is the time, place, and culture of a society. A) Antagonist. B) Protagonist. C) Mood. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Setting. 3. To come into possession of A) Obtain. B) Context. C) Analyze. D) Interpret. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obtain. 4. The person's view of the events happening is the ..... A) Setting. B) Exposition. C) Perspective. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perspective. 5. Writing academic papers requires deliberate, thorough and careful thought. Therefore, what should one do to achieve a well-crafted academic essa A) One must depend on his/her own opinions alone. B) One must not consult the Internet for unsure sources. C) One must conduct a research on the topic at hand. D) One must depend highly on the Internet for easy information access. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) One must conduct a research on the topic at hand. 6. A newspaper chooses to run heavily influence perception of a person or event on numerous media outlets such as TV, newspaper, magazines, or narrations. A) Bias by headlines. B) Evidence. C) Bias by photo, images, captions. D) Media Criticism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bias by photo, images, captions. 7. All of Miguel's answers were ..... on his test, so he received an A. A) Accurate. B) Isolated. C) Succeeded. D) Enthusiastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Accurate. 8. The word "prime" means: A) Two factors. B) More than one factor. C) No factors. D) One factor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Two factors. 9. To expand your vocabulary is to know ..... words. A) Fewer words with more letters. B) Short. C) More. D) All of the following. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More. 10. Which word refers to the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work? A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Setting. D) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 11. "Polling suggested that US farmers were in favour of the changes to NAFTA, although groups representing the farming industry were kind of reluctant." Which word or phrase is unsuitable? A) Suggested. B) Representing. C) Kind of. D) In favour of. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kind of. 12. The word 'Raspy' is an adjective that can be used to describe A) A voice. B) Something being dragged on a floor. C) Eyes. D) Trees. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A voice. 13. What is the theme of the following excerpt? 'Despite the challenges, she persevered and achieved her dreams.' A) Despair. B) Indifference. C) Perseverance. D) Failure. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Perseverance. 14. To determine and explain the meaning of A) Conclude. B) Indicate. C) Interpret. D) Context. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Interpret. 15. The series of events in a story make up the ..... A) Rising action. B) Diagram. C) Plot. D) Exposition. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plot. 16. The piece of art created a lot of ..... for there were many who liked it but also those who did not like it. A) Controversy. B) Ingenious. C) Provoking. D) Striking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Controversy. 17. Globalization is ..... A) The way people around the world are becoming more connected through the movement of people, ideas and businesses. B) The spread of cultural aspects-such as food, languages, clothing, activities, and beliefs-from one culture to another. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The way people around the world are becoming more connected through the movement of people, ideas and businesses. 18. What does the word autobiographer mean? A) One who writes two books. B) One who writes about him or herself. C) One who writes more about himself than someone else. D) Self life write comparative (more). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) One who writes about him or herself. 19. Which word is a synonym of sack? A) Transport. B) Bag. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bag. 20. While Melissa looked in her picnic basket for the ketchup, a stray dog ran to the table and gobbled up her cheeseburger. A) The dog ate noisily. B) The dog ate slowly. C) The dog likes cheeseburgers. D) The dog ate quickly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The dog ate quickly. 21. What does the word EDUCATION mean? A) Knowledge or skill gained from study or practice. B) The study of exercise. C) Another word for gym class. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Knowledge or skill gained from study or practice. 22. Choose the best alternative for the word devices. When I do research, my computer is a reasearch ..... A) Source. B) Tool. C) Method. D) Implement. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tool. 23. A morpheme that is attached to a word stem to form a new word or word form A) Allegory. B) Annotate. C) Affix. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Affix. 24. To amuse or keep interested A) Inform. B) Entertain. C) Purpose. D) Persuade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Entertain. 25. When a story relives a previous moment, like a memory, dream, etc A) Flashback. B) Narration. C) Flash forward. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flashback. 26. In which sentence could anticipation fill in the blank? A) I look forward to summer with happy . B) We plan to have lots this summer. C) My was not fun because it rained. D) The was noisy because of so many people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I look forward to summer with happy . 27. The universal truth, lesson, or moral about life that a text presents A) Theme. B) Drama. C) Central idea. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 28. Extreme exaggeration A) Hyperbole. B) Paradox. C) Pun. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyperbole. 29. In which sentence is objective used correctly? A) They objective everything we suggest. B) They are objective and look at both sides of the issues. C) They are objective and spend more time with one friend than the other. D) They are not objective and will always be late. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are objective and look at both sides of the issues. 30. Began to thaw the ice that was my heart. What literary device is this sentence A) Imagery. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 31. What does ARGUE mean? A) Serve as a means of expressing something. B) Present reasons to support one's views. C) A detailed investigation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Present reasons to support one's views. 32. A physical characteristic of a country is ..... A) A natural feature that is present without people's efforts (ex. climate, landform, natural resource, native plant or animal). B) A shared practice or thing that is created by humans (ex. shelter, food, language, religion, recreation, industry). C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A natural feature that is present without people's efforts (ex. climate, landform, natural resource, native plant or animal). 33. In which sentence is subsequent used correctly? A) The subsequent information always comes first. B) There is a subsequent to plan. C) We can subsequent for the team that is late. D) Each subsequent grade in school is more challenging. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Each subsequent grade in school is more challenging. 34. A suffix meaning "in a certain way" A) -ly. B) -ful. C) -er. D) -y. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) -ly. 35. To come to a reasonable answer by deduction, to infer A) Obtain. B) Indicate. C) Context. D) Derive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Derive. 36. The feeling the reader gets when reading a text A) Opinion. B) Tone. C) Dialogue. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 37. I did not understand number 8 on the math test, so my teacher had to ..... it to me. A) Explain. B) Identify. C) Define. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explain. 38. As he sat on the grass and looked across the river, a dark hole in the bank opposite, just above the water's edge, caught his eye, and dreamily he fell to considering what a nice, snug dwelling-place it would make for an animal with few wants and fond of a bijou riverside residence, above flood level and remote from noise and dust.What does the word remote mean as it is used in the sentence? A) Bothered. B) Delayed. C) Isolated. D) Reserved. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Isolated. 39. Which term means putting things in order by time, from earliest to latest? A) Contrast. B) Evidence. C) Claim. D) Chronological. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chronological. 40. A text that examines a topic and conveys ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content A) Argument text. B) Informative/explanatory text. C) Narrative text. D) Literary text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Informative/explanatory text. 41. Key details are ..... A) The subject of a text. B) What a text is mostly about. C) The message conveyed to the reader in a text. D) Important words or phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Important words or phrases. 42. What is assonance? A) The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words. B) A phrase with a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning. C) Repeating vowel sounds in words that are close together. D) A large section of a play containing the main action. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repeating vowel sounds in words that are close together. 43. What does the word "Calculate" mean? A) Use numbers in the question to work out an answer. Show your workings. B) Give the reasons why something happens. Use the word "because" . C) Give a brief one or two word answer, or a short sentence. D) Say what you think will happen. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use numbers in the question to work out an answer. Show your workings. 44. All of the following words are related to classify except ..... A) Sort. B) Group. C) Arrange. D) Strange. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Strange. 45. To act or speak officially for (someone or something) A) Patriot. B) Represent. C) Complete. D) Hail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Represent. 46. Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations, experiments and/or studies A) Evidence. B) Testable. C) Data. D) Observations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Data. 47. Without ..... , it will be difficult for our team to collect any gold medals. A) Cooperation. B) Individual good performance. C) Cheating. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cooperation. 48. What does the prefix multi-? A) More than 1. B) Single. C) Harder. D) Colorful. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) More than 1. 49. What does the vocabulary word ..... synthesize ..... mean? A) To combine different ideas to create a new understanding. B) To separate into parts. C) To memorize information. D) To repeat information. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To combine different ideas to create a new understanding. 50. Figurative Language A) An imaginative comparison or a way to express ideas or experiences vividly. Not meant to be taken literally. B) Main reason for writing. C) Feelings and attitudes of a person involved in a text given away by actions, body language, and other clues. D) The feeling a word or phrase tends to produce (negative or positive). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An imaginative comparison or a way to express ideas or experiences vividly. Not meant to be taken literally. 51. Stories that are made up and never really happened. A) Figurative Language. B) Nonfiction. C) Internal Conflict. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fiction. 52. The reason the author has for writing. A) Prediction. B) Author's Purpose. C) Main Idea. D) Logical Appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Author's Purpose. 53. An event or an action that is the result of something else happening. A) Place. B) Movement. C) Effect. D) Region. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Effect. 54. What does the vocabulary word evidence mean? A) Words or sentences that provide proof. B) To buy an item. C) A grid map. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Words or sentences that provide proof. 55. Which of the following best defines the term ..... context ..... ? A) The background information surrounding a text. B) The title of a text. C) The main idea of a text. D) The conclusion of a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The background information surrounding a text. 56. The turning point in a story A) Conflict. B) Resolution. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax. 57. Statements that address opposing viewpoints. A) Claims. B) Rebuttels. C) Counterclaims. D) Arguments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Counterclaims. 58. What is the similarity between the two passages? A) A quality that makes one person or thing like another. B) Contrast. C) Differences. D) Chronological order. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A quality that makes one person or thing like another. 59. What is it called when a poem does not rhyme or have rhythm? A) Narrative. B) Free Verse. C) Haiku. D) Acrostic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free Verse. 60. Examining the similarities between two or more subjects A) Decide. B) Contrast. C) Include. 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