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. Guerrilla
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
2. Jovial
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
3. Marsupial
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
4. Laconic
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
5. Salmonella
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
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.