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. Tranquility
► To condescend to give or grant
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
2. Guerrilla
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
3. Alliteration
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
4. Gargoyle
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
5. Maneuver
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
