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. Alliteration
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
2. Guru
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
3. Maneuver
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
4. Bandolier
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
5. Tumult
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
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.