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 arrangement of events in time
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Parasite
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
3. Hieroglyphic
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
4. Plateau
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
5. Camouflage
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
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.