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 phase important to comprehension or expression. Students are then asked to find the words within the newspaper and copy the sentence for context to it's 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. Silhouette
► A fungus, usually of the class Ascomycetes, that grows symbiotically with algae,
2. Phloem
► To condescend to give or grant
► A conventional, formulaic, and oversimplified conception, opinion, or image.
3. Maneuver
► Sharing the same opinions or views; being in complete harmony or accord.
► A movement or procedure involving skill and dexterity.
► To rejoice greatly; be jubilant or triumphant
4. Bizarre
► Strikingly unconventional and far-fetched in style or appearance; odd
► Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
5. Mosaic
► A closed plane figure bounded by three or more line segments.
► One that is inconvenient, annoying, or vexatious; a bother.