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. Chronology
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► The arrangement of events in time
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
2. Typhoon
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
3. Plateau
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
4. Formidable
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
5. Tariff
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
