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. Virtuoso
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► The arrangement of events in time
2. Mosaic
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► The arrangement of events in time
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
3. Deduction
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
4. Polygon
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
5. Renegade
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
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.