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. Boycott
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
2. Jovial
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
3. Dialogue
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
4. Stereotype
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
5. Decorum
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► A proportional part or share.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
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.