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 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When the author says something, but it means something different. The author is using ..... A) Vocabulary. B) Figurative language. C) Sensory language. D) Inferring. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Figurative language. 2. What does the word ORDINARY mean? A) Regular or usual condition. B) To be bold and different. C) To make things neat and in order. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Regular or usual condition. 3. I can draw the conclusion that the character is mad when the story says she stomped out of the room. A) The opening paragraph of a story. B) All paragraphs in the middle of an essay. C) Take information from the text and come to a new understanding. D) A single item. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Take information from the text and come to a new understanding. 4. Metaphor A) A comparison between similar things. B) A comparison between to unlike things using "like" or "as". C) A direct comparison of two unrelated things. D) The differences between two things. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A direct comparison of two unrelated things. 5. The coach's expectation of the team is high. What does that mean? A) The coach is looking up at the team. B) The coach has a team of tall players. C) The coach expects the team to do well. D) The coach wonders if the team can win. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The coach expects the team to do well. 6. What is the role of acts in a play? A) To describe where and when a scene takes place. B) To contain the main action, conflict, and resolution. C) To tell the story from the narrator's perspective. D) To divide the play into smaller sections. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To contain the main action, conflict, and resolution. 7. What is 'academic writing'? A) A technique to write balanced, accurate and professional assignments. B) How university professors write. C) An old-fashioned way of writing. D) The writing you find in textbooks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A technique to write balanced, accurate and professional assignments. 8. A brief account of a text's central or main points, themes, or ideas that is free of bias, prejudice, and personal opinion and does not incorporate outside information A) Objective summary. B) Opinion. C) Claim. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Objective summary. 9. Acts divided into smaller sections ..... A) Scene. B) Act. C) Script. D) Excerpt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scene. 10. The way the author chooses to organize a nonfiction text so it is easier for readers. A) Text Features. B) Predict. C) Context Clues. D) Text Structure. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Text Structure. 11. An idea or action intended to deal with a problem or situation / to move towards A) Context. B) Derive. C) Obtain. D) Approach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Approach. 12. Which word is an antonym for 'abundant'? A) Plentiful. B) Scarce. C) Ample. D) Bountiful. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scarce. 13. What is the meaning of "claims" ? A) Statements that need evidence to be supported. B) Feelings or opinions about a subject. C) Explanations based on reasoning. D) Mistakes in arguments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Statements that need evidence to be supported. 14. 'lacking enthusiasm or interest', is the meaning of: A) Bottom of my heart. B) Core of my heart. C) Half Heartedly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Half Heartedly. 15. Which term means a guess or conclusion you make based on information you have? A) Inference. B) Chronological. C) Contrast. D) Narrate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inference. 16. In the early 19th century there were several ..... earthquakes in the region. A) SIGNIFICANT. B) SPECIFIC. C) AVAILABLE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) SIGNIFICANT. 17. Time order or structure of the story. A) Chronological. B) Purpose. C) Descriptive details. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Chronological. 18. The spaceship lost power, and began to plunge toward Earth. A) To fly gracefully. B) To explode. C) To push into something quickly. D) To fall suddenly from a high place. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To fall suddenly from a high place. 19. ..... objects allow little light to pass through them. A) Transparent. B) Translucent. C) Opaque. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Opaque. 20. A poem that expresses feelings about a specific idea or topic; uses rhythm and rhyme is called a ..... A) Narrative poem. B) Biography. C) Lyrical poem. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lyrical poem. 21. When words in a line begin with the same letter.Example:My mom made monkey masks Monday morning. A) Alliteration. B) Repetition. C) Free verse poem. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alliteration. 22. The word contain means ..... A) To seperate. B) To drive. C) To include. D) To copy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To include. 23. One of the five themes of geography, tells what it's like there. A) Evidence. B) Place. C) Effect. D) Historian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Place. 24. What does it mean to compare? A) To show how things are similar to each other. B) To show how things are different from each other. C) To mention where you got information from. D) To look at something closely and figure out its parts or how it works. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To show how things are similar to each other. 25. What does the term 'context clues' refer to? A) Hints in the text to help the reader understand a word. B) The main character's thoughts. C) The author's biography. D) The setting of the story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hints in the text to help the reader understand a word. ← 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