This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 57 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 57 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A decisive moment that is of maximum intensity or is a major turning point in a plot. A) Climax. B) Genre. C) Falling Action. D) Rising Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Climax. 2. The problem or issue the main character is having is the main ..... A) Plot. B) Conflict. C) Setting. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflict. 3. Which of the following is an example of the verb 'approach'? A) The cat approached the baby. B) The cat slept near the baby. C) The cat played with the baby. D) The cat ignored the baby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The cat approached the baby. 4. Identify the correct sentence structure: A) She quickly runs to the store. B) Quickly she runs store to the. C) Store she quickly runs to the. D) Runs she quickly to the store. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She quickly runs to the store. 5. Who is a "poet" ? A) Someone who reads a poem. B) Someone who likes poetry. C) Someone who writes poetry. D) Someone who studies famous poets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Someone who writes poetry. 6. Readers must look for specific details in the text to support their answers.What does specific mean as it is used in this sentence? A) Lengthy or long. B) General. C) Precise or exact. D) Many. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Precise or exact. 7. To change some parts of something A) Infer. B) Modify. C) Confirn. D) Analyze. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Modify. 8. Match the definition with the word:when you evaluate how much you know or test knowledge A) Characteristics. B) Recall. C) Assess. D) Explain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Assess. 9. If you are lying and I say, "Your nose is growing" ..... Pinnochio A) Allusion. B) Analogy. C) Antecedent. D) Adverb clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allusion. 10. What is the definition of chronological? A) Putting things in order by time, from earliest to latest. B) To show how things are different from each other. C) To give reasons why you think something is true or should happen. D) To mention where you got information from. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Putting things in order by time, from earliest to latest. 11. Proof that something happened or is true. A) Geography. B) Timeline. C) Evidence. D) Cause. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Evidence. 12. What means the same as SYNTHESIZE? A) Divide. B) Disperse. C) Separate. D) Make. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Make. 13. The word 'utmost' is synonymous with the following words, except ..... A) Greatest. B) Ultimate. C) Maximum. D) Relevant. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Relevant. 14. Disproves the alternate or opposing claim, explains why the opposing claim is wrong A) Alternate claim. B) Counterclaim. C) Credible source. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Counterclaim. 15. A word opposite in meaning to another A) Literacy. B) Literature. C) Semantics. D) Antonym. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Antonym. 16. Walking ..... is more difficult than walking forward because you can't see where you're going. A) Backward. B) Side way. C) On one leg. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Backward. 17. What is a rebuttal? A) When the author responds directly to the counterclaim and provides reasons why their point is superior. B) Proof that the author can be trusted. C) The author's main point. D) Facts, statistics, quotes, and expert opinions that support the author's main point. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) When the author responds directly to the counterclaim and provides reasons why their point is superior. 18. Information or details that an author includes within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words. A) Context clue. B) Text evidence. C) Annotate. D) Theme. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Context clue. 19. When the result of previous studies are of the same with yours, it means that the former studies ..... your discovery. A) Are broadly inconsistent with. B) Accord with. C) Contradict. D) Differ from. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Accord with. 20. When you put the words of others into your own words, you are doing what? A) Plagiarizing. B) Writing. C) Cheating. D) Paraphrasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paraphrasing. 21. This definition applies to which term? This is the facts or information that are used to indicate whether a view is true or valid and is used to give weight to an argument. A) Anecdotes. B) Assertion. C) Rule of Three. D) Evidence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Evidence. 22. A short amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person. A) Analogy. B) Antagonist. C) Anecdote. D) Apostrophe. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Anecdote. 23. The conversation between two characters is called- A) Stage direction. B) Plot. C) Dialogue. D) Cast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dialogue. 24. The word indicate means- A) Add space. B) Leave out. C) Not obvious; hidden. D) Show or point to. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Show or point to. 25. An arguable statement made by an author of an argument. An idea that the speaker wants the audience to agree with. A) Genre. B) Argument. C) Appeal. D) Claim. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Claim. ← 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