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. Tempo
► One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
2. Technique
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
3. Exponent
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► One that speaks for, represents, or advocates
4. Chronology
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► The arrangement of events in time
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
5. Commemorate
► To honor the memory of with a ceremony
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Being without or almost without hope