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. symbolism
► Representation of a concept through symbols or underlying meanings of objects or qualities.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
2. recluse
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► The quantity of motion of a moving body; the impetus gained by a moving object
3. headway
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
4. sociable
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► Tending to socialize or be social; friendly; inviting; congenial.
5. chronological
► In order of time from the earliest to the latest
► Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
► The smaller number or part, esp. a number that is less than half the whole number
► Something that impedes, stands in the way of, or holds up progress