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Common Core State Standard
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.
This Week's Word In The News 

PLOY

DEFINITION:
A cunning plan or action designed to turn a situation to one's own advantage.

FOUND IN THE NEWS:
“First of all, I think it’s important to recognize that the majority of the American people find this behavior deeply troubling,” said the 44th president, conceding that it does serve as an effective distraction and ploy for attention.
The Boston Herald, 02/16/2026

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. Alliteration

The main character in a drama or other literary work.

Either of two times of the year when the sun is at its greatest distance from the celestial equator.

The repetition of the same sounds or of the same kinds of sounds at the beginning of words or in stressed syllables

A picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, as of stone or tile, into a surface.


2. Chronology

Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd

The supporting and water-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels; woody tissue.

The arrangement of events in time

The food-conducting tissue of vascular plants, consisting of sieve tubes, fibers, parenchyma, and sclereids.


3. Wretched

A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).

Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative

The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.

In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable.


4. Random

Any of various nonplacental mammals, including kangaroos, opossums, bandicoots, and wombats, found principally in Australia and the Americas.

A rebirth or revival.

Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.

A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.


5. Flourish

A diffuse mass of interstellar dust or gas or both, visible as luminous patches or areas of darkness

A dense evergreen forest occupying a tropical region with an annual rainfall of at least 100 inches.

A person authorized to act as representative for another; a deputy.

To grow well or luxuriantly; thrive


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