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. Typhoon
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
2. Deduction
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Being without or almost without hope
3. Gargoyle
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
4. Outrageous
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
5. Mosaic
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
