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. Introspection
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
2. Technique
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A schedule of prices or fees.
3. Impertinent
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
4. Exponent
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► The arrangement of events in time
5. Omnivore
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.