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. Zoology
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Parasite
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
3. Dialogue
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
4. Introspection
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
5. Decorum
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
