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. Exponent
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► The arrangement of events in time
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
2. Rainforest
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
3. Random
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
4. Stereotype
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
5. Renaissance
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
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.