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. Solstice
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► The drawing of a conclusion by reasoning; the act of deducing.
► A proportional part or share.
2. Fallacy
► Of, relating to, or occurring in the night
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
3. Maneuver
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► The right or privilege of voting; franchise.
► 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).
4. Camouflage
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
► The arrangement of events in time
5. Gargoyle
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.