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. Metaphor
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
2. Tranquility
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
3. Outrageous
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
4. Cower
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
5. Exponent
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
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.