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. Protagonist
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► To have a great ambition or ultimate goal
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
2. Exult
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
3. Alliteration
► A disorderly commotion or disturbance.
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
4. Heritage
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► A poisonous substance, especially a protein, that is produced by living cells or organisms.
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
5. Enthusiastic
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► A preparation of a weakened or killed pathogen.
