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. Metaphor
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
2. Accentuate
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► A proportional part or share.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
3. Dialogue
► To condescend to give or grant
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
4. Delegate
► A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
5. Nebula
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► 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.