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 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. somber
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► Having traits or characteristics in common; alike, comparable.
2. debris
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► Capable of doing many things competently
3. various
► Capable of doing many things competently
► An assemblage or display; a gathering, collection of people or things.
► Different from one another; of different kinds or sorts
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
4. specimen
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► To gain, usually by one's own exertions; to get as one's own.
5. symbolism
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary