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
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
2. Phloem
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
3. Tranquility
► The quality or state of being tranquil; serenity.
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
4. Hieroglyphic
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
5. Maneuver
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
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.