This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 45 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 45 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The reason for something; the trigger A) Infer. B) Evidence. C) Cause. D) Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cause. 2. Text A) Response to a question. B) The story/passage. C) Pieces of information that help you understand. D) To ask something to gain information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The story/passage. 3. The atmosphere or feeling created by the writer in a literary work that can be expressed through literary elements, language, and genre characteristics such as imagery, word choice, setting, voice, theme A) Mood. B) Tone. C) Diction. D) Edit. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mood. 4. COMPARE A) To express the most important components of something in a concise manner. B) To tell what will happen next. C) To note the similarity or likeness between two or more things. D) To give the name or characteristics of something. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To note the similarity or likeness between two or more things. 5. If asked to compare something, what kind of things should you be talking about? A) Things that are similar. B) Things that are different. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Things that are similar. 6. What is inner dialogue? A) When a character thinks something to themselves. B) Dialogue found in quotations '' ''. C) Conversation between two characters. D) None of the answers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When a character thinks something to themselves. 7. To come into possession of something A) Seek. B) Approach. C) Interpret. D) Obtain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Obtain. 8. What is it called when words or lines of a poem are repeated? A) Rhyme. B) Repetition. C) Poetry. D) Lines. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Repetition. 9. What does it mean to cite something? A) To mention where you got information from. B) To show how things are similar to each other. C) To put things in order by time, from earliest to latest. D) To say something is true, even if you haven't proved it yet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To mention where you got information from. 10. What does survive mean? A) Things one does to die. B) Things one does to stay alive. C) Playing around. D) Joking around. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Things one does to stay alive. 11. Her opponent in the match has won three championships in a row. A) Someone who wins championships. B) Someone who judges a match. C) Someone you have just met. D) Someone who competes against another person. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Someone who competes against another person. 12. To show how things are different A) Contrast. B) Persuade. C) Compare. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contrast. 13. INTERPRET A) To express the most important components of something in a concise manner. B) To find meanings from information and clues; read between the lines. C) To note the differences between two or more things. D) To tell what will happen next. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To find meanings from information and clues; read between the lines. 14. To make a logical guess based on evidence A) Infer. B) Describe. C) Analyze. D) Summarize. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Infer. 15. Accurate A) Correct. B) Affect. C) Clearly stated. D) Directly. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 16. Be or become completely proficient or skilled in A) Project. B) Utter. C) Master. D) Sufficient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Master. 17. My grandfather still owns a ..... car that he treasures dearly. A) Classic. B) Opinion. C) Tribute. D) Gracing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Classic. 18. Alliteration A) Words that rhyme. B) Words that are opposites. C) Words that are the same. D) Repetition of the same beginning consonant sound. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Repetition of the same beginning consonant sound. 19. In literature, what is the term for a struggle between opposing forces? A) Conflict. B) Resolution. C) Exposition. D) Climax. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conflict. 20. The ballet dancers moved gracefully across the stage in perfect step with each other. A) Smoothly. B) Clumsily. C) Quickly. D) Happily. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smoothly. 21. Free Verse A) The repeated use of a sound, word, phrase, or line to produce an effect that adds meaning. Provides extra emphasis. B) Authors choose words and phrases to create the meaning (ideas) of a text. C) Groups of lines in a poem. D) The arrangement of lines is irregular, and there may be no pattern of rhyme at all. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The arrangement of lines is irregular, and there may be no pattern of rhyme at all. 22. In order for a summary to be objective, it must A) Develop over the course of a passage. B) Be based on opinions only. C) Be based on facts, not opinions. D) Tell only the central idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Be based on facts, not opinions. 23. If a text is asking you to recognize something then it's requiring you to ..... A) Listen to it. B) Be on the lookout for it. C) Disregard it. D) Write down a definition only. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Listen to it. 24. What is a "conclusion" ? A) A guess. B) A random thought or idea. C) An explanation. D) A reasonable judgement you make after looking at the facts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A reasonable judgement you make after looking at the facts. 25. Shape and Refine A) Vocabulary that has meaning beyond the dictionary definition-these words are connected to a feeling, usually positive or negative. Ex:used car/pre-owned car, nosy/curious. B) How writers develop ideas through a text. C) Correct. D) Main message in a story. 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