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.
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. Tranquility
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
2. Analogy
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
3. Plateau
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
4. Typhoon
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
5. Formidable
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
