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. Inference
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
2. Boisterous
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
3. Enthusiastic
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
4. Participle
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
5. Analogy
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
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.