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. Metaphor
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
2. Quandary
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A proportional part or share.
3. Undulate
► A proportional part or share.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
4. Boycott
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
5. Phloem
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.