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. Protagonist
► To take in by elaborate methods of deceit
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
2. Flourish
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
3. Typhoon
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
4. Technique
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
5. Kilometer
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
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.