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. Solstice
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► The arrangement of events in time
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
2. Plateau
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
3. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
4. Marsupial
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
5. Wretched
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.