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. Dialogue
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
2. Repose
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
3. Ellipse
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
4. Toxin
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
5. Jovial
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace