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. Toxin
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
2. Bamboozle
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
3. Quota
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A proportional part or share.
4. Metaphor
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
5. Stereotype
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
