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. Strategy
► Selecting or employing individual elements from a variety of sources, systems, or styles
► To stress or emphasize; intensify
2. Technique
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
► The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished.
► A state of uncertainty or perplexity.
► Marked by hearty conviviality and good cheer.
3. Renaissance
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
4. Parasite
► Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
5. Fallacy
► A metric unit of length equal to 1,000 meters (0.62 mile).
► To condescend to give or grant
► Incorrectness of reasoning or belief
► Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective.