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. Polygon
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► A weather phenomenon in the Eastern Pacific that is precisely equivalent to a hurricane.
2. Fallacy
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
3. Laconic
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
4. Guerrilla
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
5. Chronology
► The arrangement of events in time
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
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.