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. Light-Year
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► The arrangement of events in time
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
2. Maneuver
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
3. Fallacy
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
4. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
5. Xylem
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
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.