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 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. Rainforest
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
2. Deign
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► To condescend to give or grant
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
3. Accentuate
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
4. Impertinent
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
5. Introspection
► An unstable, poisonous allotrope of oxygen.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
