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. Tumult
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
2. Plateau
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
3. Camouflage
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
4. Metaphor
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
5. Exult
► The arrangement of events in time
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
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.