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. Bandolier
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
2. Embargo
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
3. Introspection
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► The arrangement of events in time
4. Technique
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
5. Silhouette
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
