This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 34 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 34 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Buying and selling or exchanging items A) Conclusion. B) Trade. C) Solve. D) Discover. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trade. 2. The repetition of the same sound at the beginning of several words in a sequence is known as ..... A) Alliteration. B) Assonance. C) Consonance. D) Onomatopoeia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 3. To communication your message, idea or thought A) Tone. B) Convey. C) Generalization. D) Sensory detail. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convey. 4. A problem between the main characters or forces is called what? A) Conflict. B) Plot. C) Rising action. D) Falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 5. A claim that does not have good reasons A) Argument. B) Evidence. C) Counterclaim. D) Unsubstantiated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unsubstantiated. 6. Variable is something that: A) Stays the same. B) Changes. C) Is always true. D) Is never tested. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Changes. 7. Author's Purpose A) Feelings and attitudes of a person involved in a text given away by actions, body language, and other clues. B) An author's attitude toward a subject. C) Main reason for writing. D) An imaginative comparison or a way to express ideas or experiences vividly. Not meant to be taken literally. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Main reason for writing. 8. To increase in size or amount A) Explain. B) Compare. C) Expand. D) Summarize. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expand. 9. The theme is the main subject of a piece of writing. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. What does it mean to write academically? A) To write in order to pass final exams. B) To write using proper English language. C) To write paper for scholars. D) To avoid copy pasting from the Internet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To write paper for scholars. 11. Information that is reliable and can be trusted A) Evidence. B) Author's perspective. C) Argument. D) Accurate or credible source. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Accurate or credible source. 12. What type of question is this?"The author included paragraph 3 most likely to-" A) Inference. B) Context Clues. C) Author's Purpose. D) Organizational pattern. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inference. 13. What evidence from the text supports your thinking? A) A book. B) Items in italics. C) The main idea of a paragraph. D) Something that shows something else is true. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Something that shows something else is true. 14. BACKWARD is an ..... and means ..... A) Noun. To manage or regulate the movement. B) Adverb. Moving toward the back or in reverse. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adverb. Moving toward the back or in reverse. 15. What does the term 'Ineffable' best relate to? A) Something that is easily described in words. B) Something that is not bound by time. C) Something too great or extreme to be expressed in words. D) Something that is not affected by external forces. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Something too great or extreme to be expressed in words. 16. No only did Ellen have a toothache, but she also had measles, which just added to her misery. What does misery mean? A) Ellen is recovering. B) Ellen is really suffering. C) Ellen is uncomfortable. D) Ellen is resting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ellen is really suffering. 17. To combine different elements A) Integrate. B) Explain. C) Infer. D) Defend. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Integrate. 18. To reestate the important ideas or events from a text in a shorter way A) Summarize. B) Evidence. C) Text. D) Strategy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summarize. 19. A belief or judgment A) Valid. B) Authentic. C) Evidence. D) Opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Opinion. 20. A statement that seems true and not true at the same time. Ex:Everything I say is a lie. A) Idiom. B) Hyperbole. C) Connotation. D) Paradox. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paradox. 21. Who are the target readers of an academic essay? A) Parents, workers, teachers. B) Students, out-of-school youth, government officials. C) Teachers, students, academic community. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Teachers, students, academic community. 22. What is a colony? A) A group of people who moves into an old house. B) A group of people who moves in a new house. C) A group of people who settle together in a new place. D) A group of students who settle together in a new classroom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A group of people who settle together in a new place. 23. A category of artistic composition, A) Vowel. B) Metaphor. C) Genre. D) Comprehension. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Genre. 24. What is an inference? A) A guess or conclusion you make based on information you have. B) To tell a story or describe events that happened. C) To mention where you got information from. D) To show how things are similar to each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A guess or conclusion you make based on information you have. 25. Which word would not be related to conclude A) Finish. B) Final. C) Set up. D) End. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Set up. 26. Rhetoric is defined as A) The use of ethos. logos, and pathos. B) The art of speaking and writing effectively and persuasively. C) Fancy writing. D) Something Aristotle came up with 3, 000 years ago. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The art of speaking and writing effectively and persuasively. 27. This person led the Civil Rights movement with peaceful protests. A) Rosa Parks. B) Malcolm X. C) Abraham Lincoln. D) Martin Luther King, Jr. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Martin Luther King, Jr. 28. What does the term 'culture' refer to? A) A particular form of art. B) A particular form of language. C) A particular form of technology. D) A particular form of civilization. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A particular form of civilization. 29. Details A) Pieces of information that help you understand. B) To know, comprehend. C) The order in which things happen. D) To ask something to gain information. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pieces of information that help you understand. 30. Everyone at the hospital knew Dr. Richards and treated him with great reverence. A) Anger. B) Respect. C) Hatred. D) Boredom. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Respect. ← 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