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. Bizarre
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
2. Fallacy
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
3. Inference
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
4. Analogy
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
5. Rainforest
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.