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. Nocturnal
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
2. Parasite
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
3. Fallacy
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
4. Quarantine
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
5. Dialogue
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► To condescend to give or grant
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.