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. Tumult
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
2. Stereotype
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
3. Jovial
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
4. Boisterous
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
5. Guerrilla
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
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.