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 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
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
2. Yacht
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
3. Tumult
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
4. Exult
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
5. Pulverize
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.