Words in the News Quiz
5 Elementary 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. topic
► Subject; theme; a category or general area of interest.
► To overpower; to subdue; to put down.
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
2. conspicuous
► A thing that is granted, esp. in response to demands.
► Capable of doing many things competently
► Disappointingly inadequate; gloomy and bleak.
3. source
► The person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes or is acquired.
► To clarify or make something understandable
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
4. analogy
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
► A form of acrobatic display which involves the dramatic bending and flexing of the human body.
5. tactic
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► To refill; to renew; to supply again or to add a fresh quantity.
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.