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
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A schedule of prices or fees.
2. Mosaic
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
3. Typhoon
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
4. Participle
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
5. Levee
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
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.