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. Deduction
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Being without or almost without hope
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
2. Cower
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
3. Hologram
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
4. Exult
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
5. Chronology
► The arrangement of events in time
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
