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. Alliteration
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
2. Renegade
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
3. Flourish
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
4. Metaphor
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
5. Gargoyle
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Being without or almost without hope