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. Deduction
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
2. Ellipse
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
3. Bizarre
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
4. Boisterous
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► To condescend to give or grant
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
5. Exponent
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates