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 grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
2. Formidable
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► The arrangement of events in time
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
3. Zoology
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
4. Decorum
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
5. Maneuver
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
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.