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. Nebula
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
2. Guerrilla
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
3. Analogy
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► The arrangement of events in time
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
4. Jaunty
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
5. Alliteration
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
