This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 8 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Conclusion is based on: A) A theory. B) A question. C) Evidence. D) A guess. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evidence. 2. What is a SYNONYM? A) A word that means exactly or nearly the SAME as another word. B) A word that means exactly or nearly the OPPOSITE of another word. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A word that means exactly or nearly the SAME as another word. 3. What does this word mean? Use the context to try and figure it out.'Writing at academic level is an acquired skill that can literally take years to master' A) Obtained. B) Difficult. C) Special. D) Easy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Obtained. 4. Design features that organize and share information, such as headings, captions, illustrations, and fonts. A) Graphics. B) Mood. C) Text features. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Text features. 5. What does connected mean? A) Nothing can be connected. B) Nothing fits together. C) Fit two or more things together. D) Fit one thing together. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fit two or more things together. 6. What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence?My dad roars like a lion when I forget to do my chores. A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Hyperbole. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Simile. 7. What is the main idea of a story? A) The main idea of a story is the plot or sequence of events. B) The main idea of a story is the characters or their actions. C) The main idea of a story is the central message or theme. D) The main idea of a story is the setting or location. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The main idea of a story is the central message or theme. 8. What does the word PRINCIPLE mean? A) An idea, law, or fact. B) A person who runs a school. C) Another word for perfect. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An idea, law, or fact. 9. It can also be ..... that global warming is not the only biggest threat to Earth's future. A) Attained. B) Perceived. C) Phenomenon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perceived. 10. In academic writing, which word is used to describe a detailed examination of the elements or structure of something? A) Summary. B) Analysis. C) Critique. D) Overview. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analysis. 11. The root voc means call or speak. What does the word vocal mean? A) Voiced or spoken. B) Touched or felt. C) Sensed or smelled. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Voiced or spoken. 12. What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?Nature's first green is goldHer hardest hue to holdHer early leaf's a flower;But only so an hour.Then leaf subsides to leaf.So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day.Nothing gold can stay. A) AABB. B) AAAB. C) ABAB. D) ABBA. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) AABB. 13. The secondary meaning of a word that focuses on the feeling connected with it. A) Stanza. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotation. 14. Streams, stream banks, and the low lands around them provide important habitat for animals and plants that share the urban/suburban landscape with us.What does the word habitat mean as it is used in the sentence? A) Shelter. B) Territory. C) Area. D) Environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Environment. 15. Special words or expressions used by a profession or certain group; this is used to signal expertise and establish credibility.This definition applies to which term? A) Loaded Words. B) Bias. C) Technical Language. D) Jargon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jargon. 16. The ..... is the feeling the story creates. A) Setting. B) Tone. C) Energy. D) Mood. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mood. 17. The number being divided A) Divisor. B) Array. C) Dividend. D) Division. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dividend. 18. To review the quality of a thing A) Construct. B) Critique. C) Describe. D) Describe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Critique. 19. What does the word disrupt mean? Think of the meaning of the root rupt. A) To cause a change in the amount of light. B) To cause a break or problem in something. C) To break a glass. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To cause a break or problem in something. 20. What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence?Muffled sounds floated up like balloons, the wind murmured softly, and a bird called from somewhere in the distance. A) Hyperbole. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 21. Something specific that one wonders and seeks to test A) Science. B) Inference. C) Research Question. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Research Question. 22. One ..... that tourism brought to my region was greater employment opportunities. A) PROCESS. B) ESTIMATE. C) BENEFIT. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) BENEFIT. 23. An idea or conclusion based on an observation A) Interpretation. B) Opinion. C) Prediction. D) Inference. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Inference. 24. He was ..... to take a class before he could get his certificate. A) Required. B) Sourced. C) Affected. D) Researched. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Required. 25. Something that stands out; special A) Trait. B) Characteristic. C) Common. D) Unique. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unique. 26. To find something for the first time A) Discover. B) Describe. C) Persuade. D) Expand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Discover. 27. To stop supporting a business or country in protest. A) Civil Right. B) Sit-in. C) Refusal. D) Boycott. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Boycott. 28. The conclusion of a story's conflict, where any unanswered questions or "loose ends" are addressed for the reader. A) Conflict. B) Resolution. C) Character. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resolution. 29. In the sentence 'The cat, which was very hungry, meowed loudly, ' what is the function of the phrase 'which was very hungry'? A) Adjective clause. B) Noun clause. C) Main clause. D) Subordinate clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adjective clause. 30. When you do research you need to ..... the sources carefully before writing your summary to make sure the information is credible. A) Analyze. B) Read. C) Scan. D) Edit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analyze. 31. To look at the differences between two things. A) Plagiarism. B) Compare. C) Locate. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Contrast. 32. To provide evidence A) Integrate. B) Question. C) Support. D) Evaluate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Support. 33. According to intensive ..... involving thousands of future tertiary students, many expect to be in debt after they graduate. A) RESEARCH. B) THEORY. C) POLICY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) RESEARCH. 34. What is the primary function of a topic sentence in a paragraph? A) To conclude the paragraph. B) To introduce the main idea of the paragraph. C) To provide evidence for the main idea. D) To transition between paragraphs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To introduce the main idea of the paragraph. 35. The variable that gets measured or observed in an experiment. A) Data group. B) Dependent variable. C) Independent variable. D) Control variable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dependent variable. 36. A statement believed to be the truth A) Support. B) Component. C) Critique. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claim. 37. There are many theories, but scientists are still ..... to determine (find out) the origin (how it started) of the pandemic. A) Investigating. B) Describing. C) Experimenting. D) Interacting. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Investigating. 38. To ..... is to use your own words to retell the main ideas of a text. A) Analyze. B) Summarize. C) Synthesize. D) Plagiarize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summarize. 39. Which of the following is considered LIGHT ENERGY? A) Glucose. B) Sunlight. C) Hamburgers. D) AAA batteries. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sunlight. 40. Words or phrases that help you understand the meaning of an unknown word or phrase are ..... A) Character traits. B) Text features. C) Context clues. D) Point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Context clues. 41. The test of a hypothesis is called a A) Dependent variable. B) Control. C) Conclusion. D) Experiment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Experiment. 42. The exact opposite of your claim that is provable with reasons and evidence A) Reason. B) Counterclaim. C) Overview. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Counterclaim. 43. A passing reference it a text to a literary or historical person, place, event, or other literary work A) Allusion. B) Suspense. C) Dialogue. D) Style. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 44. Words used in an imaginative way that express ideas that are not necessarily true. A) Figurative language. B) Poetry. C) Sensory language. D) Imagery. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Figurative language. 45. Evidence from the text is used to A) Describe characters. B) Create confusion. C) Support ideas. D) Summarize events. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Support ideas. 46. The set of facts or circumstances surrounding a situation A) Context. B) Conclude. C) Seek. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Context. 47. Enough, adequate A) Patriot. B) Benefit. C) Ease. D) Suficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Suficient. 48. What is an antonym? A) A word that has a similar/same meaning. B) A word that has the opposite meaning. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A word that has the opposite meaning. 49. What does the vocabulary word event mean? A) Fairy tales stories. B) A set of rules. C) A happening in a written selection. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A happening in a written selection. 50. Prose writing based on facts, real events, and real people such as biography, or history A) Visualize. B) Nonfiction. C) Analogy. D) Illustrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonfiction. 51. Information collected during a scientific investigation A) Evidence. B) Materials list. C) Data. D) Observations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evidence. 52. What does it mean to analyze a text? A) To proofread and correct errors in a text. B) To examine and evaluate the content, structure, and language of a text. C) To memorize the content of a text. D) To summarize the main points of a text. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To examine and evaluate the content, structure, and language of a text. 53. "If you want to gain promotion in my industry, you are ..... to speak at least one other language well." A) ESTABLISHED. B) REQUIRED. C) CONSISTENT. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) REQUIRED. 54. A single row of words in a poem. They are not sentences and may be short or long. A) Lines. B) Stanza. C) Rhyme. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lines. 55. Which word means to confirm the truth of something? A) Illustrate. B) Infer. C) Verify. D) Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Verify. 56. What is evidence stemming specifically from a text such as a book, article, or other reliable source? A) Text Feature. B) Context. C) Text Structure. D) Textual Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Textual Evidence. 57. To give special importance to something A) Define. B) Emphasis. C) Describe. D) Evaluate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Emphasis. 58. Felix wondered if he was a coward for running away from the tiny barking Chihuahua. A) Someone who is afraid or not courageous. B) Someone who enjoys running. C) Someone who hates loud sounds. D) Someone who doesn't like dogs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Someone who is afraid or not courageous. 59. When the grumpy old man saw the cute puppies playing in the pet store, he let a rare smile cross his face. A) Really old. B) Brand new. C) Not common/ does not happen much. D) Related to animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not common/ does not happen much. 60. Which word means the conditions in which something happens? A) Context. B) Effect. C) Theme. D) Analyze. 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