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. Cower
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
2. Metaphor
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
3. Analogy
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
4. Virtuoso
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
5. Guru
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
