This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 49 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 49 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which word below means the same as clue, hint or signal? A) Prokaryote. B) Indicator. C) Product. D) Average. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Indicator. 2. What is the theme of the story? A) It is a fake story. B) The big idea. C) Lesson of a story. D) Villarreal Elementary School. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lesson of a story. 3. What does response mean? A) To find the exact place or position of. B) An act of replying. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An act of replying. 4. Repeated subtraction A) Strategies. B) Array. C) Division. D) Decompose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Division. 5. Which of these sentences is the least descriptive A) Same chubby cheeks, same mischievous glint in their narrow green eyes. B) In biology she was learning how cells divide. C) His cheek bones stuck out prominently. D) Watched a bar of sunlight slice across his face. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In biology she was learning how cells divide. 6. Academic vocabulary: ..... :a way of thinking about something. A) Perspective. B) Impression. C) Sensation. D) Objective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Perspective. 7. To express (something) in an indirect way A) Contradict. B) Objective. C) Subjective. D) Imply. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Imply. 8. He felt exteremely ..... at his new school because he didn't know anybody. A) Succeded. B) Enthusiastic. C) Accurate. D) Isolated. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isolated. 9. When the words mean exactly what they say. A) Figurative Language. B) Literal Meaning. C) Falling Action. D) Fiction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Literal Meaning. 10. To convince someone of your idea(s) on something through logic or reasoning A) Infer. B) Analyze. C) Persuade. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Persuade. 11. Information from someone who did NOT witness an event. A) Place. B) Secondary sources. C) Timeline. D) Historian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary sources. 12. If you have prior plans, why will you miss the game at school? A) You don't know who planned the game. B) You don't know where the game is. C) You would rather see your friends after the game. D) You have other plans that you made earlier. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) You have other plans that you made earlier. 13. To look closely at two or more people or things and show how they are alike A) Compare. B) Contrast. C) Contradict. D) Elaborate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compare. 14. The denotative meaning of a word is ..... A) The suggested meaning. B) The reader's definition. C) The author's opinion. D) The textbook definition. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The textbook definition. 15. The representation of something as greater than is the case, used to grab the attention of the audience & emphasize certain points.This definition applies to which term? A) Alliteration. B) Evidence. C) Hook. D) Exaggeration. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exaggeration. 16. Ecosystem is a: A) Community of living things. B) Single organism. C) Habitat. D) Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Community of living things. 17. To make a prediction or guess based on facts and details in the story. A) Details. B) Infer. C) Main idea. D) Summary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Infer. 18. We have questions regarding the work-life balance in the military. Rephrase. A) The work-life balance is problematic for the army. B) The recorded unequal allocation of time to work vs. life among the military needs further examination. C) There is a problem in terms of work-life balance in the army. D) The work-life balance is questioned in the military. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The recorded unequal allocation of time to work vs. life among the military needs further examination. 19. Rhetorical Devices are ..... A) A message communicated. B) Main problem or struggle within a story. C) Clearly expressed, no doubt. D) Writing techniques used to persuade/influence the audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Writing techniques used to persuade/influence the audience. 20. The conflict in a story A) Problem. B) Solution. C) Cause. D) Effect. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Problem. 21. Development refers to A) The growth of something over time. B) A retelling of the main details. C) The main point or main idea. D) Not based on opinions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The growth of something over time. 22. To summarize A) To give the main points about something. B) To talk about something. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To give the main points about something. 23. Central Idea A) The most important point an author is trying to make about a topic. B) Affect. C) How writers develop ideas through a text. D) Main message in a story. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The most important point an author is trying to make about a topic. 24. Inference A) Facts, examples, reasons, or other pieces of information that shape and refine the central idea. B) A reasonable guess based on textual evidence and what you already know. C) Vocabulary that is specific to a certain subject area, especially science, math, and engineering. D) The most important point an author is trying to make about the topic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A reasonable guess based on textual evidence and what you already know. 25. Choose the incorrect answer. If something is in a sequence, then it is ..... A) In a particular order. B) A set of related things. C) A progression. D) An interruption of events. 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