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. Analogy
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► The arrangement of events in time
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Nuisance
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
3. Silhouette
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
4. Immune
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
5. Ellipse
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
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.