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. Bizarre
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
2. Dialogue
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
3. Tumult
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
4. Jaunty
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
5. Maneuver
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
