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. Analogy
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
2. Exult
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
3. Boycott
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
4. Enthusiastic
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
5. Eclectic
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
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.