This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 50 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 50 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the definition for key details? A) Unique with individual differences. B) Information to support the author's main point/idea. C) A connected series of events told through words (written or spoken). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Information to support the author's main point/idea. 2. Which point of view uses 'he', 'she', or 'they' and is not a character in the story? A) First Person. B) Second Person. C) Third Person. D) Omniscient. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Third Person. 3. To back up your answer with details from your own experience or details from the text (evidence) A) Compare. B) Analyze. C) Persuade. D) Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Support. 4. In order to hunt for food, the animals usually ..... the rocky mountains. A) Skeptical. B) Persistence. C) Manufactured. D) Traversed. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Traversed. 5. What is the definition for recount? A) To tell again. B) To find out. C) Tell in detail. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tell in detail. 6. An aspect of something A) Discuss. B) Classify. C) Assess. D) Characteristic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Characteristic. 7. To mimic or copy A) Analyze. B) Imitate. C) Predict. D) Elaborate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imitate. 8. A plan or way to tackle a problem or reach a goal A) Elaborate. B) Cause. C) Strategy. D) Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Strategy. 9. A synonym for the word plot would be- A) Excerpt. B) Story elements. C) Stanza. D) Central idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Story elements. 10. She said that she did not recall what time her mom said her curfew was. Recall in this statement probably means ..... A) She was in trouble. B) Understand. C) Change. D) It slipped her memory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It slipped her memory. 11. What is a myth? A) A story with animals as characters conveying a moral. B) A story that may sound true but features lots of exaggeration. C) A traditional story explaining some natural or social phenomenon. D) A story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A traditional story explaining some natural or social phenomenon. 12. What does the word DISCRIMINATION mean? A) Not being fair or right. B) The treating of some people better than others without any fair or proper reason. C) Dividing something evenly. D) Treating everyone the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The treating of some people better than others without any fair or proper reason. 13. The repetition of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. A) Antagonist. B) Alliteration. C) Annotate. D) Affix. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Alliteration. 14. Being logical organization that the reader understands. A) Coherent. B) Audience. C) Prompt. D) Convention. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coherent. 15. A piece of writing included with others in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication. A) Draft. B) Narrative. C) Exppression. D) Article. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Article. 16. When my favorite superhero died in the movie, I felt a deep sense of sorrow. A) Anger. B) Sadness. C) Happiness. D) Confusion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sadness. 17. When the setting changes, the ..... changes. A) Act. B) Narrator. C) Scene. D) Author's purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scene. 18. What is a context clue? A) The definition of a word. B) Sentences around a difficult word that helps you understand the meaning. C) Clues that help you infer. D) Sentences with the main idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentences around a difficult word that helps you understand the meaning. 19. In the sentence "Despite the arduous journey, the climbers reached the summit, " what does "arduous" mean? A) Dangerous. B) Easy. C) Difficult. D) Quick. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Difficult. 20. Tell the facts or details A) Describe. B) Analyze. C) Persuade. D) Support. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Describe. 21. People who watch, read or listen to something or someone A) Academic. B) Analogy. C) Nonfiction. D) Audience. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Audience. 22. What are the rhyming patterns in poetry? A) Lines. B) Poets. C) Stanzas. D) Rhyme Scheme. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhyme Scheme. 23. What means the same as TRANSLATE? A) Keep. B) Convert. C) Remove. D) Confuse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Convert. 24. Building up a speaker's credibility on a message in order to convince the audience they should be trusted is called the ..... A) Appeal to pathos. B) Appeal to logos. C) Appeal to ethos. D) Appeal to authority. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeal to ethos. 25. A(n) ..... is a result of something that happens. A) Effect. B) Setting. C) Cause. D) Plot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Effect. ← 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