LS.CCS.4/5/6 Grades 3-12: Students are asked to determine the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words through multiple choice vocabulary quizzes. Quizzes are designed to help students demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in words, acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words, and gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to its overall meaning or function in a sentence.
Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words
Click on the correct answer in the quiz below.
Then see if you can find the word in your newspaper -- the print edition, the website or the digital edition and copy the sentence for context. NOTE: High School words are much harder to find!
1. Alliteration
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
2. Virtuoso
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
3. Phloem
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
4. Heritage
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
5. Tranquility
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.