This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 6 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. 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). 3. 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. 4. A suffix meaning "in a certain way" A) -ful. B) -y. C) -ly. D) -er. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -ly. 5. To come to a reasonable answer by deduction, to infer A) Obtain. B) Indicate. C) Context. D) Derive. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Derive. 6. The feeling the reader gets when reading a text A) Dialogue. B) Opinion. C) Mood. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mood. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. Which term means putting things in order by time, from earliest to latest? A) Claim. B) Chronological. C) Evidence. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chronological. 10. 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) Narrative text. C) Literary text. D) Informative/explanatory text. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Informative/explanatory text. 11. Key details are ..... A) Important words or phrases. B) The subject of a text. C) What a text is mostly about. D) The message conveyed to the reader in a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Important words or phrases. 12. What is assonance? A) A large section of a play containing the main action. B) A phrase with a figurative meaning different from its literal meaning. C) Repeating vowel sounds in words that are close together. D) The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repeating vowel sounds in words that are close together. 13. What does the word "Calculate" mean? A) Use numbers in the question to work out an answer. Show your workings. B) Say what you think will happen. C) Give a brief one or two word answer, or a short sentence. D) Give the reasons why something happens. Use the word "because" . Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use numbers in the question to work out an answer. Show your workings. 14. All of the following words are related to classify except ..... A) Group. B) Arrange. C) Strange. D) Sort. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strange. 15. To act or speak officially for (someone or something) A) Hail. B) Represent. C) Complete. D) Patriot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Represent. 16. Facts, figures, and other evidence gathered through observations, experiments and/or studies A) Testable. B) Observations. C) Evidence. D) Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Data. 17. 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. 18. What does the prefix multi-? A) Single. B) Colorful. C) More than 1. D) Harder. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) More than 1. 19. 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. 20. 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. 21. Stories that are made up and never really happened. A) Figurative Language. B) Internal Conflict. C) Fiction. D) Nonfiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fiction. 22. The reason the author has for writing. A) Logical Appeal. B) Author's Purpose. C) Main Idea. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Author's Purpose. 23. An event or an action that is the result of something else happening. A) Effect. B) Region. C) Place. D) Movement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Effect. 24. 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. 25. Which of the following best defines the term ..... context ..... ? A) The background information surrounding a text. B) The main idea of a text. C) The title of a text. D) The conclusion of a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The background information surrounding a text. 26. The turning point in a story A) Resolution. B) Conflict. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Climax. 27. Statements that address opposing viewpoints. A) Counterclaims. B) Claims. C) Rebuttels. D) Arguments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Counterclaims. 28. What is the similarity between the two passages? A) A quality that makes one person or thing like another. B) Contrast. C) Chronological order. D) Differences. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A quality that makes one person or thing like another. 29. What is it called when a poem does not rhyme or have rhythm? A) Haiku. B) Narrative. C) Acrostic. D) Free Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Free Verse. 30. Examining the similarities between two or more subjects A) Contrast. B) Decide. C) Include. D) Compare. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Compare. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesAcademic Vocabulary Quiz 1Academic Vocabulary Quiz 2Academic Vocabulary Quiz 3Academic Vocabulary Quiz 4Academic Vocabulary Quiz 5Academic Vocabulary Quiz 7Academic Vocabulary Quiz 8Academic Vocabulary Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books