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. Stereotype
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Inspiring awe, admiration, or wonder
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
2. Virtuoso
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
3. Heritage
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
4. Eclectic
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
5. Commemorate
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
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.