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. detail
► A process by which a task is completed; a way of doing something.
► Firm or obstinate continuance in a course of action in spite of difficulty or opposition
► Something small enough to escape casual notice.
► The quality (positive or negative) that renders something desirable or valuable
2. narrate
► Dark or dreary in character; joyless, and grim.
► To relate a story or series of events by speech or writing.
► Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
► A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defense.
3. aptitude
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
► The source or reason of an event or action
► The extent to which something matters; importance
4. debris
► To send someone away and forbid that person from returning.
► Self-confidence; poise; composure.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
► A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects,
5. illuminate
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► Paying attention; noticing, watching, listening, or attending closely.
► To clarify or make something understandable
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.