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. Participle
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
2. Solstice
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► A proportional part or share.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
3. Tundra
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
4. Analogy
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Being without or almost without hope
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
5. Accentuate
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation