This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Academic Vocabulary – Quiz 61 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Academic Vocabulary Quiz 61 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What means the same as COMPOSED? A) Dismantle. B) Built of. C) Destroy. D) Take apart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Built of. 2. Needed; you have to do it/have it A) Clarify. B) Defend. C) Predict. D) Necessary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Necessary. 3. These are words charged with an underlying meaning or implication and are used to produce emotion in an audience.This definition applies to which term? A) Loaded Words. B) Descriptive Words. C) Implied Language. D) Pronouns. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Loaded Words. 4. One ..... that possibly explains the disappearance of dinosaurs is that a meteorite hit the earth millions of years ago. A) PROCESS. B) THEORY. C) RESPONSE. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) THEORY. 5. What is the "intent" of a piece of writing? A) The main idea or message. B) The emotional tone. C) The chronological sequence of events. D) The reason or purpose for writing it. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The reason or purpose for writing it. 6. Which sentence below uses quotation marks appropriately? A) "Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie. B) Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie. C) "Which store do you want to go to? asked Marie. D) Which store do you want to go to? asked Marie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Which store do you want to go to?" asked Marie. 7. Which of these would be true of a subjective history of a country? A) It would be an accurate view of events. B) It would be a history told with just the facts. C) It would not contain anyone's opinion of events. D) It would be written from the author's point of view. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It would be written from the author's point of view. 8. Synonym mean, a word that A) Means the opposite of another word. B) Sounds the same but is spelled differently. C) Means the same as another word. D) Spelled incorrectly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Means the same as another word. 9. Which of these would not be true of people who have a bias toward rock music? A) They think rock music is the same as other kinds. B) They like rock music more that other kinds. C) They pay attention to rock musicians more that other kinds. D) They go to more rock concerts that other kinds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They think rock music is the same as other kinds. 10. To separate or break down (take apart) A) Decompose. B) Solve. C) Array. D) Strategies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decompose. 11. Freedom from needing help from others. A) Determination. B) Independence. C) Confidence. D) Struggled. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Independence. 12. What is the main idea or underlying meaning of a literary work that may be stated directly or indirectly? A) Theme. B) Plot. C) Setting. D) Character. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Theme. 13. The specific items used in an investigation A) Evidence. B) Materials List. C) Testable. D) Data. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Materials List. 14. To protect against a challenge or attack A) Solve. B) Support. C) Defend. D) Contrast. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Defend. 15. What is the main idea of this section? A) One of the parts that form something. B) The action or fact of carefully choosing someone or something as being the best or most suitable. C) Dictionary. D) To read something. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) One of the parts that form something. 16. To persuade A) To get someone to think or do something. B) To tell the details about something. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To get someone to think or do something. 17. A smaller part of something larger A) Component. B) Whole. C) Justification. D) Synthesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Component. 18. Culture is A) Food. B) All the ways of life that characterize a particular group of people. C) Economy. D) Global. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All the ways of life that characterize a particular group of people. 19. What means the same as SEQUENCE? A) Sparse. B) Order. C) Spread. D) Scatter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Order. 20. When an inanimate object or animal is given human characteristics. A) Personification. B) Onomatopoeia. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Personification. 21. The list of sources you mention at the end of you research task is know as the ..... A) Authors. B) Writers. C) Bibliography. D) Citations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bibliography. 22. Once the ..... was entered into the computer, a pattern began to emerge. A) DATA. B) METHOD. C) ASSESSMENT. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) DATA. 23. Choose the most precise academic word to complete the sentence:The data seems to ..... that the planet is warming. A) Say. B) Guess. C) Indicate. D) Feel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Indicate. 24. To find the answer A) Persuade. B) Solve. C) Opinion. D) Describe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Solve. 25. Your teacher asks you to look for bias in an article. What should you do? A) Try to read faster. B) Check to see if the author is for or against someone or something. C) Check to see if the author of the article uses humor. D) Look for articles on the same subject to use for research. 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