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. Analogy
► Similarity in some respects between things that are otherwise dissimilar.
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
2. Omnivore
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
3. Nocturnal
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
4. Ultraviolet
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
5. Kilometer
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► Appropriateness of behavior or conduct
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
