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. Salmonella
► A proportional part or share.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
2. Dialogue
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
3. Laconic
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
4. Exponent
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
5. Tsunami
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
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.