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. Kilometer
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
2. Symbiosis
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
3. Flourish
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
4. Metaphor
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
5. Strategy
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
