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.
Words in the News Quiz
5 Elementary 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. reflection
► The throwing back by a body or surface of light, heat, or sound without absorbing it
► A state of confused and noisy disturbance
► A long flat-topped fixture in a store or bank across which business is conducted with customers.
2. impact
► Doubt, apprehension, a feeling of dread
► The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
► Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed
3. ignite
► An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
► To hear a conversation one is not intended to hear; to listen in.
► To set fire to (something), to light (something)
► Formally put an end to (a system, practice, or institution)
4. effect
► Open resistance; bold disobedience.
► Deduce or conclude (information) from evidence and reasoning rather than from explicit statements
► A movement or series of moves requiring skill and care
► The result or outcome of a cause.
5. vigilant
► Watchful, especially for danger or disorder; alert; wary
► Emitting light; glowing brightly
