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. Stereotype
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
2. Deduction
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
3. Ellipse
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
4. Exponent
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
5. Kilometer
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
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.