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. Alliteration
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
2. Ozone
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► Being without or almost without hope
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
3. Cower
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► To condescend to give or grant
4. Suffrage
► A proportional part or share.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
5. Jaunty
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
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.