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 phase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to it's overall meaning or function in a sentence.
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. Laconic
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
2. Protagonist
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
3. Metaphor
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
4. Flourish
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
5. Vertebrate
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Having a backbone or spinal column.