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. Quota
► A schedule of prices or fees.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► A proportional part or share.
2. Salmonella
► Harmful, malevolent, injurious. Harmfully cancerous.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
3. Levee
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
4. Mutation
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► The arrangement of events in time
5. Analogy
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
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.