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. Mutation
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
2. Metaphor
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
3. Ozone
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
4. Alliteration
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
5. Flourish
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
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.