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. Protagonist
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Repose
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
3. Analogy
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
4. Tsunami
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
5. Metaphor
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
