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. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
2. Technique
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
3. Virtuoso
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► To condescend to give or grant
4. Jaunty
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
5. Plateau
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.