This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 19 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 19 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word means to provide a good reason for something? A) Verify. B) Formulate. C) Justify. D) Trace. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Justify. 2. The ANTONYM of bored is: A) Insight. B) Wandered. C) Curious. D) Ran. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Curious. 3. The way someone looks at an issue, an event, or a person. A) Point of view. B) Chronological order. C) Human characteristics. D) Historian. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point of view. 4. What does "facilitate" mean in this sentence? "The new software will facilitate the learning process for students." A) Hinder. B) Complicate. C) Simplify. D) Delay. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Simplify. 5. To judge the value or condition of (something) in a thoughtful way A) Evaluate. B) Isolate. C) Subjective. D) Objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evaluate. 6. A procedure carried out to carefully observe, study, or test something in order to learn more about it A) Prediction (hypothesis). B) Research Question. C) Scientific Investigation. D) Control Group. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scientific Investigation. 7. What does the word "explicit mean? A) Clearly and directly stated. B) Implicit and implied. C) Hidden and concealed. D) Vague and ambiguous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Clearly and directly stated. 8. The conversation in a text that takes place between characters A) Dialogue. B) Direct quote. C) Thoughts. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 9. The ..... is a writer's attitude about a topic. A) Mood. B) Energy. C) Tone. D) Setting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tone. 10. To look back at or mention something is to ..... A) Refer. B) Theme. C) Assess. D) Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Refer. 11. Significance A) Point. B) Failure. C) Importance. D) Humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Importance. 12. "The increased incidence of inflammatory bowel disease was maybe due to dysfunctional Th1 regulation." Which word is unsuitable? A) Dysfunctional. B) Increased. C) Due to. D) Maybe. E) Desease. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maybe. 13. What is a voyage? A) A long journey. B) A quick journey. C) A slow journey. D) A fast journey. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A long journey. 14. Connotative Meaning A) The feeling a word or phrase tends to produce (negative or positive). B) An imaginative comparison or a way to express ideas or experiences vividly. Not meant to be taken literally. C) Authors choose words and phrases to create the meaning (ideas) of a text. D) Feelings and attitudes of a person involved in a text given away by actions, body language, and other clues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The feeling a word or phrase tends to produce (negative or positive). 15. What is the grammatical term for a word that modifies a noun or pronoun? A) Adverb. B) Verb. C) Adjective. D) Conjunction. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adjective. 16. Pushing your own feelings on to someone else A) Lack. B) Patriot. C) Develop. D) Project. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Project. 17. What does "syntax" refer to in writing? A) The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences. B) The emotional tone of the text. C) The main idea of the passage. D) The chronological order of events. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences. 18. Which of the following best defines the term 'contextualize'? A) To place in a particular setting or context. B) To remove from context. C) To summarize the main idea. D) To compare and contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To place in a particular setting or context. 19. When the author or poet uses words that start with the same letter to emphasize something. A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Alliteration. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Alliteration. 20. The effect that personification has is to A) Enable the reader to relate to the subject. B) To compare two things. C) To create an image in the readers mind. D) Be funny. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enable the reader to relate to the subject. 21. He was ..... from the accusation of cheating. Choose the right word to fill the blank. A) Caught. B) Arrested. C) Exonerated. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Exonerated. 22. Cultural Diffusion is ..... A) The spread of cultural aspects-such as food, languages, clothing, activities, and beliefs-from one culture to another. B) All the ways of life that characterize a particular group of people. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The spread of cultural aspects-such as food, languages, clothing, activities, and beliefs-from one culture to another. 23. Let's test your knowledge of conventions:Lisa ate pickles ketchup, and mayonnaise on her cheeseburger. A) Change Lisa to lisa. B) Add a comma after pickles. C) Change the period to a question mark. D) Change and to or. E) Make no changes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Add a comma after pickles. 24. Vocabulary3. You worked hard all day, Mum. Sit down and ..... while I get dinner ready. A) Do your fair share. B) Put your feet up. C) Be sick and tired. D) Run errands. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Put your feet up. 25. Are parts of a text authors use to make the text easier to understand (example:title, captions, or maps) A) Text evidence. B) Text structures. C) Tiktoks. D) Text features. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Text features. 26. Sequence A) To show. B) The order in which things happen. C) Pieces of information that help you understand. D) The story/passage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The order in which things happen. 27. This is the presentation of only one side of an issue or viewpoint and is used to subjectively influence an audience.This definition is an example of what term? A) Bias. B) Subjective. C) Objective. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bias. 28. Provides information such as the time and place of the story or description of the setting. A) Stage Direction. B) Foreshadow. C) Props. D) Playwright. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stage Direction. 29. A process that allows an author to improve their writing by making corrections to spelling, capitalization, verb tense, punctuation, and other conventions. This makes the writing grammatically accurate. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Diction. D) Edit. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Edit. 30. What does claim mean? A) The author's opinion. B) Nonfiction. C) Fiction. D) Drama. 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