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. Quota
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A proportional part or share.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
2. Formidable
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
3. Alliteration
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
4. Unanimous
► To condescend to give or grant
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
5. Labyrinth
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony