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. Alliteration
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
2. Outrageous
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
3. Bizarre
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
4. Rainforest
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
5. Commemorate
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
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.