This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 32 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 32 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What means the same as PROPORTION? A) Entirety. B) Whole. C) Ratio. D) Everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ratio. 2. Note the difference between two or more things. A) Predict. B) Contrast. C) Evaluate. D) Interpret. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contrast. 3. Choose the correct definition of irrelevant A) Closely connected. B) Contemporary. C) Connected to something. D) Not connected to something. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Not connected to something. 4. Scientists 8 ..... that temperatures will continue to rise because of results of data from the last few years. A) Deduce. B) Interpretation. C) Contradict. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deduce. 5. What is the meaning of the word "figurative" ? A) Literal. B) Small numbers. C) Symbolic, not literal. D) Explained. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Symbolic, not literal. 6. What resources can students use to learn academic vocabulary? A) Textbooks, online dictionaries, flashcards, vocabulary apps, and language learning websites. B) Cookbooks, travel guides, fashion magazines. C) Social media, video games, movies. D) Thesaurus, encyclopedias, grammar books. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Textbooks, online dictionaries, flashcards, vocabulary apps, and language learning websites. 7. In math, what are "factor pairs" ? A) Skip counting and getting that number. B) Two numbers multiplied to find the product. C) Three numbers together. D) Reducing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Two numbers multiplied to find the product. 8. Demonstrate A) To ask something to gain information. B) To know, comprehend. C) To show. D) Response to a question. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To show. 9. "I think you need to ..... your essay in a more logical way." A) STRUCTURE. B) OCCUR. C) INDICATE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) STRUCTURE. 10. What does it mean to analyze something? A) To look at something closely and figure out its parts or how it works. B) To put things in order by time, from earliest to latest. C) To say something is true, even if you haven't proved it yet. D) To show how things are different from each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To look at something closely and figure out its parts or how it works. 11. How does that event contribute to the plot? A) To give or help. B) An understanding of events. C) Distract from the plot. D) Rising action in a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To give or help. 12. To create (something) over a period of time A) Utter. B) Develop. C) Project. D) Ease. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Develop. 13. When the audience must infer for themselves what the character is like through the character's thoughts, actions, and speech ..... A) Direct characterization. B) Indirect characterization. C) Regular characterization. D) Round character. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indirect characterization. 14. What is the definition of 'exaggerate'? A) To overstate or overemphasize something. B) To understate or downplay something. C) To accurately represent something. D) To ignore or disregard something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To overstate or overemphasize something. 15. My classmate always tries to ..... that I cheat because I make good grades. Everyone else knows that is not true. A) Compare. B) Effect. C) Refer. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claim. 16. What is the term for a comparison between two unlike things using 'like' or 'as'? A) Metaphor. B) Simile. C) Hyperbole. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Simile. 17. Which phrase is the odd one out? A) Turning to the issue of immigration. B) As we all know, immigration seems a significant issue. C) Immigration seems to be of major concern. D) Immigration has caused major debates. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As we all know, immigration seems a significant issue. 18. Note the similarity or likeness between two or more things. A) Contrast. B) Compare. C) Interpret. D) Predict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compare. 19. "Sweet flavourings, and in particular cacao syrup, were used to hide the disgusting taste of drugs such as quinine." Which word or phrase is unsuitable? A) Disgusting. B) Such as. C) Particular. D) Sweet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Disgusting. 20. Autobiography/memoir A) A factual story a person writes about his or her own life. B) Any story about a person's life. C) A historical fiction story about a person's life. D) A factual story writen about a person's life. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A factual story a person writes about his or her own life. 21. What is to compare in order to show differences? A) Compare. B) Analyze. C) Contrast. D) Evaluate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contrast. 22. Point of view is ..... A) The author's opinion. B) Who the narrator is. C) The vantage point, or perspective of a story. D) The reader's opinion or perspective. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The vantage point, or perspective of a story. 23. A person that studies the events of the past. A) Movement. B) Geography. C) Historian. D) Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Historian. 24. Reading the story carefully helps the reader have a deeper understanding. A) Solid. B) Not budging. C) To argue; debate. D) Knowledge about a particular situation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Knowledge about a particular situation. 25. What does it mean to make an "inference" ? A) To cite evidence from the text. B) To find the theme. C) To make an educated guess or logical conclusion. D) To build a fence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To make an educated guess or logical conclusion. 26. A classification system used to organize texts into categories, such as poetry, drama, literary fiction, informational nonfiction, and so on. A) Genre. B) Argument. C) Appeal. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Genre. 27. An expression that means something different than its literal meaning. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 28. The author's universal message about life, humanity, or society; what the story is really about A) Theme. B) Main idea. C) Plot. D) Allusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 29. I strted school when I was 7. I never went to a ..... school as a baby. A) Primary. B) Secondary. C) Nursery. D) Vocational. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nursery. 30. A word part added AFTER a root word A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Affix. D) Definition. 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