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. Tundra
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
2. Suffrage
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
3. Analogy
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
4. Ellipse
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
5. Tariff
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
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.