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. Salmonella
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
2. Gargoyle
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
3. Metaphor
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
4. Technique
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Being without or almost without hope
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
5. Eclectic
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► The arrangement of events in time
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
