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. Tranquility
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
2. Toxin
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
3. Zoology
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
4. Metaphor
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
5. Tsunami
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.