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. Vaccine
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
2. Analogy
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► The arrangement of events in time
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
3. Phloem
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
4. Levee
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Being without or almost without hope
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
5. Silhouette
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
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.