TIE | The Los Angeles Times in Education

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. Delegate

► A treeless area between the icecap and the tree line of Arctic regions, having a permanently frozen subsoil and supporting low-growing vegetation

► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.

► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

2. Dialogue

► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,

► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates

► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive

► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

3. Antibody

► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night

► To stress or emphasize; intensify

► A Y-shaped protein on the surface of B cells that is secreted into the blood or lymph in response to an antigenic stimulus

► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.

4. Bizarre

► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.

► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.

► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit

► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

5. Fallacy

► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.

► To honor the memory of with a ceremony

► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief

► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles

Common Core State Standard
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.

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Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words

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DEFINITION: A systematic approach to interviewing residents, merchants, and others who are in the immediate vicinity of a crime and may have useful information.	FOUND IN THE NEWS: In a press release, police said Lewisville Fire Department officials pronounced the man deceased on the scene. Police started a homicide investigation immediately, and canvassed the area in search of witnesses. ►The Denton Record-Chronicle, 09/14/2026

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Words in the News Quiz5 Middle School Words

Words in the News Quiz
5 Middle School Words