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. Nocturnal
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
2. Spectrum
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
3. Cower
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
4. Metaphor
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
5. Alliteration
► The arrangement of events in time
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A proportional part or share.