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.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
2. Guru
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
3. Unanimous
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
4. Chronology
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► The arrangement of events in time
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
5. Recede
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
