This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 55 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 55 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What are the parts of a written or spoken statement that precede or follow a specific word or passage, usually influencing its meaning or effect? A) Textual Evidence. B) Context. C) Text Structure. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Context. 2. Which words emphasize the theme of the story? A) To give special attention to or place importance on something. B) To put something in bold when typing. C) The order in which events happen in a story. D) To contrast two ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To give special attention to or place importance on something. 3. A reason that guides an action A) Persuade. B) Inform. C) Entertain. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Purpose. 4. A person who is opposed to, struggles against, or completes with another A) Antecedent. B) Alliteration. C) Analogy. D) Antagonist. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antagonist. 5. What is the "setting" of a story? A) The antagonist. B) The time and place of the story. C) The climax. D) The falling action. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The time and place of the story. 6. To explain the similarities between two (or more) things is to ..... A) Compare. B) Context. C) Analyze. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compare. 7. Support from the text to back up your ideas, inferences or conclusions; proof A) Strategy. B) Text. C) Summarize. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evidence. 8. A sequence of events in the order that they happened. A) Physical characteristics. B) Primary source. C) Point of view. D) Chronological order. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Chronological order. 9. A comparison of unlike things that is stated like a fact A) Opinion. B) Fact. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 10. To provide reasons or evidence to support an idea A) Persuade. B) Explain. C) Infer. D) Describe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Explain. 11. A characteristic or quality of something A) Attribute. B) Claim. C) Clarification. D) Analogy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attribute. 12. Using only the words needed and not including extra or unnecessary information A) Precise. B) Concise. C) Contributions. D) Narrative. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Concise. 13. An academic essay must use appropriate vocabulary words but not too pretentious, highfalutin words. Which among these words is the simplified version of the term, "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" ? A) Beautiful; pretty. B) Extraordinarily good; wonderful. C) Exquisite; one-of-a-kind. D) Hardworking; industrious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extraordinarily good; wonderful. 14. A strong opinion based on facts and research A) Statement. B) Claim. C) Thought. D) View. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Claim. 15. When a character says one thing but means another ..... A) Dramatic irony. B) Situational irony. C) Plain irony. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verbal irony. 16. What is a pilgrim? A) A person who make a long journey to a foreign land. B) A person who makes a slow journey to a foreign land. C) A person who makes a fast journey to a foreign land. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A person who make a long journey to a foreign land. 17. Which word refers to the choice and use of words and phrases in speech or writing? A) Syntax. B) Diction. C) Grammar. D) Semantics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Diction. 18. The end of a text when the main conflict is resolved A) Climax. B) Resolution. C) Exposition. D) Conflict. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Resolution. 19. Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair. A) Media Bias. B) Media Criticism. C) Bias. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bias. 20. Jessica compared and contrasted two texts; she looked at how the stories were ..... and how they were different.What word best fills in the blank in the sentence above? A) Evident. B) Factor. C) Indicate. D) Specific. E) Similar. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Similar. 21. The ending or outcome A) Conclusion. B) Introduction. C) Theme. D) Main idea. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conclusion. 22. The word concerned means ..... A) Knowledge. B) Hard surface to walk on. C) Troubled by. D) An argument. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Troubled by. 23. A break in a story that will tell about something that happened at an earlier time is a ..... A) Foreshadowing. B) Exposition. C) Antagonist. D) Flashback. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flashback. 24. To interact with a text by adding comments or notes in order to record significant features and/or add personal insights that may enhance one's understanding of the text while reading. A) Context clue. B) Text evidence. C) Annotate. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Annotate. 25. What word describes things that are coming out of a reaction or system? A) Input. B) Reactants. C) Output. D) Chemicals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Output. ← 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