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. Introspection
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
2. Parasite
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
3. Tundra
► To condescend to give or grant
4. Eclectic
► The arrangement of events in time
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
5. Commemorate
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony