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. Unanimous
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
2. Stereotype
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
3. Deduction
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
4. Ellipse
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
5. Vertebrate
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
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.