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. Tundra
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
2. Metaphor
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A proportional part or share.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
3. Deign
► To condescend to give or grant
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
4. Rainforest
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
5. Lichen
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
