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. Gargoyle
► A grotesque ornamental figure or projection.
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
2. Exult
► Something that is passed down from preceding generations; a tradition.
► To move in waves or with a smooth, wavelike motion.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
3. Levee
► An embankment built to prevent flooding
► The act of resting or the state of being at rest.
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
4. Enthusiastic
► A characteristic rate or rhythm of activity; a pace
► The distribution of energy emitted by a radiant source, arranged in order of wavelengths.
► Having or demonstrating enthusiasm
5. Metaphor
► One thing conceived as representing another; a symbol.
► Consuming or eager to consume great amounts of food; ravenous.
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd