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. Commemorate
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
2. Alliteration
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
3. Despondent
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Being without or almost without hope
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
4. Marsupial
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
5. Flourish
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A relationship of mutual benefit or dependence.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
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.