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
► A person with masterly skill or technique in the arts.
► The main character in a drama or other literary work.
2. Recede
► To move back or away from a limit, point, or mark
► To condescend to give or grant
► Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
3. Rainforest
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► An alteration or change, as in nature, form, or quality.
4. Maneuver
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A proportional part or share.
5. Boisterous
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
► Loud, noisy, and lacking in restraint or discipline
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.