This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 9 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 9 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is a legend? A) A story involving supernatural beings or events. B) A traditional story sometimes regarded as historical but unauthenticated. C) A story that may sound true but features lots of exaggeration. D) A story with animals as characters conveying a moral. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A traditional story sometimes regarded as historical but unauthenticated. 2. Categories of books based on similarities in style and topic A) Genre. B) Text Structure. C) Text Features. D) Predict. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genre. 3. Sometimes writers are hard to understand, but she wrote with great ..... A) Audience. B) Clarity. C) Credibility. D) Confidant. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Clarity. 4. An arguable statement, which states a writer's position on an issue or problem A) Opposing claim. B) Sound reasoning. C) Author's perspective. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claim. 5. Which word means to make something clear or understandable to others? A) Explain. B) Sequence. C) Infer. D) Distinguish. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Explain. 6. In the sentence "The author's perspective was evident through the characters' dialogue, " what does "perspective" mean? A) A long speech. B) A point of view. C) A loud voice. D) A detailed description. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A point of view. 7. A claim is ..... A) A kind of shellfish often used in chowder. B) A fact. C) A statement that offers an opinion that is defensible and debatable. D) A bad thing to make about something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A statement that offers an opinion that is defensible and debatable. 8. Hannah Montana used to be famous but now she is ..... A) Implied. B) Phrase. C) Irrelevant. D) Contribute. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irrelevant. 9. You are now going to compose your essay.What is the directions asking you to do? A) Write your central idea statement. B) Write a complete essay. C) Revise your essay. D) Edit your essay. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Write a complete essay. 10. Using as few words as possible to communicate a message or idea A) Convey. B) Concise language. C) Sensory detail. D) Tone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concise language. 11. Attributing human qualities to a non-human thing or idea A) Simile. B) Personification. C) Metaphor. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Personification. 12. What you believe will be proven true in the experiment A) Variable. B) Opinion. C) Prediction (hypothesis). D) Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prediction (hypothesis). 13. Using your five senses to describe something. A) Observation. B) Conclusion. C) Experiment. D) Prediction. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Observation. 14. What does the verb 'affect' mean? A) To create. B) To understand. C) To observe. D) To change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To change. 15. To mark up a text with notes, questions, highlighting, etc A) Evidence. B) Classify. C) Discuss. D) Annotate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Annotate. 16. What is to examine critically, so as to bring out the essential elements or give the essence of? A) Identify. B) Analyze. C) Synthesize. D) Evaluate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Analyze. 17. The flower wasn't looking very well, so I gave it some water and tried to revive it. A) Make it worse. B) Stopped. C) Doubted. D) Made it strong again. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Made it strong again. 18. Refer to for illustration or proof A) CITE. B) SHIFT. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) SHIFT. 19. Add notes to a text or diagram giving explanation or comment A) Affix. B) Aphorism. C) Annotation. D) Adjective clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annotation. 20. Which word means the outcome of an event? A) Support. B) Formulate. C) Consequence. D) Illustrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consequence. 21. Which of these words is NOT an adjective A) Shattered. B) Slowly. C) Teasing. D) Winding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slowly. 22. Which of the following words describes a detailed examination of the elements or structure of something? A) Thesis. B) Synthesis. C) Hypothesis. D) Analysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Analysis. 23. The following expressions can be used to state a conclusion, EXCEPT ..... A) To wrap things up. B) Upon considering all the facts. C) In a nutshell. D) While some facts state otherwise. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) While some facts state otherwise. 24. To give a brief statement of the main points A) Summarize. B) Analyze. C) Infer. D) Explain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summarize. 25. VocabularyMy family isn't wealthy, but if we're careful with ourmoney, we'll get ..... A) Along. B) Back at. C) Together with. D) By. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By. 26. He rode through the streets demurely enough, but on reaching the open country roads his spirits broke forth into wild jubilation, and, urging the butcher's horse to full gallop, he dashed away in true cowboy fashion.What does the word jubilation mean in the sentence? A) Joyfulness. B) Playfulness. C) Sadness. D) Boldness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joyfulness. 27. A sentence that exhorts, urges, entreats, implores, or calls the audience to action is called ..... A) An inverted sentence. B) An imperative sentence. C) A commanding sentence. D) A hortative sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A hortative sentence. 28. Words that have the same meaning. A) Facts. B) Context Clues. C) Antonym. D) Synonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Synonym. 29. Which word completes both sentences below?I ..... you from my switch class last year!We should always ..... those who have fought for our country. A) Memorize. B) Recognize. C) Reflect. D) Contribute. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recognize. 30. For many jobs you need to have a university ..... A) Career. B) Qualification. C) Degree. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Degree. ← 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