This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 39 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 39 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is to compare in order to show differences? A) Compare. B) Analyze. C) Contrast. D) Evaluate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Contrast. 2. 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. 3. A person that studies the events of the past. A) Movement. B) Geography. C) Historian. D) Location. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Historian. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. 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. 7. An expression that means something different than its literal meaning. A) Hyperbole. B) Alliteration. C) Personification. D) Idiom. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Idiom. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. A word part added AFTER a root word A) Prefix. B) Suffix. C) Affix. D) Definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Suffix. 11. Which word is an antonym of real? A) Imaginary. B) Truth. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imaginary. 12. A specialized dictionary A) Definition. B) Connotation. C) Glossary. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glossary. 13. This is the re-occurrence of certain words or phrases and it is used to emphasize certain ideas, and make them more memorable.This definition applies to which term? A) Rule of Three. B) Adjectives. C) Repetition. D) Consonance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Repetition. 14. Regina needs to use a more appropriate transition ..... A transition word is often found at the ..... of a sentence. A) Middle. B) End. C) Beginning. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beginning. 15. This word means how the text is written. An example would be the author wrote paragraph 1 in cause/effect. A) Excerpt. B) Organizational pattern. C) Logical order. D) Italicize. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Organizational pattern. 16. This is the ideas or feelings that a certain word invokes and is used to create certain emotional responses in an audience.This definition applies to which term? A) Loaded Words. B) Ethos. C) Connotation. D) Denotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Connotation. 17. Make sure your essay is legible ..... what does this word mean? A) In cursive. B) In print. C) Neat and clear to read. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neat and clear to read. 18. Fill-in-the-blank:The scientist's research was ..... , covering many fields of study. A) Narrow. B) Multifarious. C) Limited. D) Singular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Multifarious. 19. A news outlet prominently places news stories that coincide with a specific agenda A) Bias by placement. B) Bias through omission. C) Bias by selection of sources. D) Bias. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bias by placement. 20. Qualities that a person has (ex kindness and courage) are ..... A) Point of view. B) Inferences. C) Context clues. D) Character traits. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Character traits. 21. What does the word waver mean? A) To be uncirtan. B) To need a rest. C) To fall to the ground. D) To move your hand excitedly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be uncirtan. 22. ANALYSIS:in agreement or reliable. A) TRUE. B) FASLE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FASLE. 23. A summary is A) The central idea. B) A retelling of central idea and main details. C) The supporting details. D) Someone's opinions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A retelling of central idea and main details. 24. To communicate a message or information A) Convey. B) Analyze. C) Topic. D) Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Convey. 25. What does it mean to make a claim? A) To say something is true, even if you haven't proved it yet. B) To show how things are similar to each other. C) To tell a story or describe events that happened. D) To look at something closely and figure out its parts or how it works. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To say something is true, even if you haven't proved it yet. ← 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