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. Metaphor
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
2. Parasite
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
3. Despondent
► Being without or almost without hope
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
4. Zoology
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
5. Undulate
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
