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. Metaphor
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
2. Accentuate
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
3. Alliteration
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
4. Nuisance
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
5. Plateau
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
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.