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. Parasite
► Having a backbone or spinal column.
► One that takes in everything available, as with the mind.
► Having a buoyant or self-confident air; brisk.
► One who habitually takes advantage of the generosity of others without making any useful return.
2. Alliteration
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
3. Ellipse
► The act of reasoning from factual knowledge or evidence.
► The distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year.
4. Solstice
► A teacher and guide in spiritual and philosophical matters.
► To pound, crush, or grind to a powder or dust.
5. Unanimous
► To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A prohibition by a government on certain or all trade with a foreign nation
► To stress or emphasize; intensify