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 phase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to it's overall meaning or function in a sentence.
Words in the News Quiz
5 Elementary 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. unsightly
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► To start (a fire) or light (a torch).
2. zeal
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► The source or reason of an event or action
3. luminous
► The source or reason of an event or action
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► Existing or occurring at the moment.
4. pertinent
► A measurement one can compare to.
► Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
5. narrate
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
► The brink of a dangerous situation.
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
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