This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 25 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 25 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Evidence found within a particular text used to support or explain conclusions, opinions, and/or assertions about the text itself A) Textual evidence. B) Dialogue. C) Quotes. D) Central idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Textual evidence. 2. When what happens in a story is opposite of what a character or the audience is expecting ..... A) Plain irony. B) Verbal irony. C) Dramatic irony. D) Situational irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Situational irony. 3. Something proven to be true; used in discussing the significance A) Example. B) Statistic. C) Fact. D) Expert interview. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fact. 4. A type of text feature that shows what something looks like (created by an artist) A) Table. B) Heading. C) Photograph. D) Illustration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Illustration. 5. A type of writing that tells a story A) Informative writing. B) Opinion writing. C) Narrative writing. D) Expository writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Narrative writing. 6. A broad statement about a topic or person A) Definition. B) Denotation. C) Connotation. D) Generalization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Generalization. 7. What does appropriate mean? A) To create a structure. B) Especially suiting or fitting. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Especially suiting or fitting. 8. What a text is mostly about A) Theme. B) Main idea. C) Paragraph. D) Central message. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Main idea. 9. What is a metaphor? A) A comparison using 'like' or 'as'. B) A direct comparison without using 'like' or 'as'. C) A type of poem. D) A historical event. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A direct comparison without using 'like' or 'as'. 10. Relating to a subject in an appropriate way A) Contradict. B) Differentiate. C) Sufficient. D) Relevant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relevant. 11. One of the five themes of geography, explains how and why people, ideas, and goods go from place to place. A) Effect. B) Movement. C) Cause. D) Timeline. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Movement. 12. Ended segregation in public places A) Voting Act. B) Emancipation Proclamation. C) Civil Rights Act. D) Black Tuesday. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Civil Rights Act. 13. A group of lines like a paragraph. A) Stanza. B) Lines. C) Paragraph. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stanza. 14. Correspond A) Conflicting points of view. B) The distance between large bodies of land. C) Communicate by exchanging letters with someone. D) A law made by a king or other ruler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Communicate by exchanging letters with someone. 15. Small section or portion of a play A) Theatre. B) Drama. C) Scene. D) Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scene. 16. Total, complete, not allowing dissent A) Convey. B) Absolute. C) Tone. D) Connotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Absolute. 17. Give the short version of something A) Summarize. B) Predict. C) Explain. D) Describe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summarize. 18. A speaker's attitude towards the subject or message is ..... A) The mood. B) The attitude. C) The tone. D) The style. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The tone. 19. Persuade A) Hope to do something. B) Prevent someone from doing something. C) Cause someone to do something. D) Deny having done something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cause someone to do something. 20. A technique found in an argument where the author provides reasoning as to why the opposing argument is incorrect or flawed. A) Counteragument. B) Audience. C) Author's message. D) Author's purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Counteragument. 21. What is meant by "characterization" ? A) The main character. B) When a character speaks. C) The protagonist. D) The development of a character's personality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The development of a character's personality. 22. To express the most important components of something in a concise manner. A) Summarize. B) Compare. C) Identify. D) Interpret. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interpret. 23. To state or express briefly A) Indicate. B) Analyze. C) Assume. D) Seek. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indicate. 24. In math, the words "lines of symmetry" means: A) Straight points to form an arrow. B) A measurement of a line that goes on forever. C) A line on which a figure can be folded so that its two halves match exactly . D) Another way to do geometry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A line on which a figure can be folded so that its two halves match exactly . 25. Provide a synonym for 'significant'. A) Trivial. B) Negligible. C) Insignificant. D) Important. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Important. 26. One of the five themes of geography, the effect humans have on the environment and vice versa. A) Chronological order. B) Human characteristics. C) Human/environment interaction. D) Physical characteristics. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Human/environment interaction. 27. Words that create images using language that has a deeper meaning than what the words express A) Imagery. B) Connotation. C) Denotation. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Figurative language. 28. Break down into basic parts A) Analyze. B) Argument. C) Clarify. D) Evaluate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Analyze. 29. There are some general recommendations in your essay but you must be more ..... A) REQUIRED. B) ECONOMIC. C) SPECIFIC. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) SPECIFIC. 30. Statements voiced as questions but are not expected to be answered; used to imply answers & draw certain conclusions.This definition applies to which term? A) Loaded questions. B) Misguided questions. C) Rhetorical questions. D) Nonsensical questions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rhetorical questions. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesAcademic Vocabulary Quiz 1Academic Vocabulary Quiz 2Academic Vocabulary Quiz 3Academic Vocabulary Quiz 4Academic Vocabulary Quiz 5Academic Vocabulary Quiz 6Academic Vocabulary Quiz 7Academic Vocabulary Quiz 8Academic Vocabulary Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books