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. Mutation
► An ammunition belt, worn over the shoulder, having loops or pockets for cartridges.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
2. Introspection
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
► Being without or almost without hope
3. Protagonist
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
4. Sect
► The arrangement of events in time
5. Exult
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
