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. Toxin
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold
2. Plateau
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► An elevated, comparatively level expanse of land; a tableland.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
3. Stereotype
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Not subject to an obligation imposed on others; exempt.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
4. Wretched
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.
5. Renaissance
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
