This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 27 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 27 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The reason why something happens is the ..... A) Cause. B) Resolution. C) Exposition. D) Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cause. 2. Act of closely examining and judging the media A) Reasoning. B) Bias. C) Media Criticism. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Media Criticism. 3. Story Elements A) Parts of a story like characters, setting, and plot. B) Facts, examples, reasons, or other pieces of information that shape and refine the central idea. C) The most important point an author is trying to make about the topic. D) A problem in a story the characters must respond to. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parts of a story like characters, setting, and plot. 4. Series of events in a drama A) Plot. B) Set. C) Scene. D) Drama. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plot. 5. Tone can best described as A) Attitude of the reader. B) The overall mood or feeling in a story. C) The author's attitude toward his writing. D) Reader's point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The author's attitude toward his writing. 6. What may be suggested by or associated with the meaning of words (e.g., home may suggest warmth or family) A) Denotative meaning. B) Connotative meaning. C) Figurative meaning. D) Literal meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connotative meaning. 7. Information that supports your reasons with facts and research A) Evidence. B) Story. C) Advertisement. D) Rumor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Evidence. 8. The general place, historical time, and social circumstances in which action occurs in a story or play A) Setting. B) Characterization. C) Plot. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Setting. 9. The use of effective and precise language or word choice to communicate information in a specific way to enlighten the reader. A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Diction. D) Edit. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Diction. 10. The ANTONYM of ran / bolted is: A) Insight. B) Wandered. C) Curious. D) Bored. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wandered. 11. What does the word DEPENDENT mean? A) Stronger than. B) Relies on. C) Separate from. D) Important to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Relies on. 12. Irony is ..... A) The expected. B) Sarcasm. C) A plot device. D) The unexpected; the incongruous. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The unexpected; the incongruous. 13. What are groups of lines in a poem that provide a natural break? A) Lines. B) Theme. C) Rhyme Scheme. D) Stanzas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stanzas. 14. It is 12 ..... for the survival of the human race that everybody cares more about Earth and the environment. A) Deduced. B) Altered. C) Crucial. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Crucial. 15. What is the function of a thesis statement in an essay? A) To state the main argument or point of the essay. B) To list all the sources used. C) To provide a summary of the essay. D) To introduce the author. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To state the main argument or point of the essay. 16. Stanzas A) The repetition of initial consonant sounds at the beginnings of words. B) Groups of lines in a poem. C) The arrangement of lines is irregular, and there may be no pattern of rhyme at all. D) Pattern of rhyme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Groups of lines in a poem. 17. Which word in this sentence is domain-specific to music? "The orchestra played the final crescendo with great passion." A) Orchestra. B) Crescendo. C) Great. D) Passion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Crescendo. 18. Which literary device involves the repetition of the initial consonant sounds of words? A) Metaphor. B) Alliteration. C) Simile. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 19. What does the word "Explain" mean? A) Give the reasons why something happens. Use the word "because" . B) Say what you think will happen. C) Write about what something is like. D) Write about the similarities and differences between two or more things. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Give the reasons why something happens. Use the word "because" . 20. Founded on fact or evidence A) Opinion. B) Defend. C) Data. D) Valid. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Valid. 21. Clarify A) To come to a decision based on information presented. B) To break down into parts and examine closely. C) Point out facts or details about something. D) To make something easier to understand by giving more details. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make something easier to understand by giving more details. 22. At school you study ..... like maths, science and languages. A) Subjects. B) Degrees. C) Qualifications. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subjects. 23. To form (an opinion) from evidence; to reach (a conclusion) based on known facts A) Relevant. B) Interpret. C) Infer. D) Formulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Infer. 24. This person refused to give their seat to a white person on the bus. A) Malcolm X. B) Rosa Parks. C) Martin Luther King, Jr. D) Mahatma Gandhi. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rosa Parks. 25. Repeating patterns of sounds in poems or songs. A) Rhythm. B) Speaker. C) Stanza. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rhythm. ← 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