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. Heritage
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
2. Silhouette
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
3. Metaphor
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
4. Vertebrate
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
5. Kilometer
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
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.