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
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
2. Antibody
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
3. Salmonella
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
4. Alliteration
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► To condescend to give or grant
5. Dialogue
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
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.