Figurative Language Holiday Escape Room

Holiday Escape

Solve the figurative language puzzles to collect enough items to decorate a Tree for Della and Jim.

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Missions

4.Bows

1.Baubles

2.Stars

3.Lights

Final gift

Question 1/4

What type of figurative language is used in the statement below? "It's raining cats and dogs"

Alliteration

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

Question 2/4

"Smash", when the cup fell off the table. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Personification

Question 3/4

I like pancakes so much I could eat a million of them. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

Alliteration

Personification

Hyperbole

Question 4/4

The baby was like an octopus, grabbing for everything in sight. What type of figurative language is used in this sentence?

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

Gifts to decorate!

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Incorrect!You get coal.

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Missions

4.Bows

1.Baubles

2.Stars

3.Lights

Final gift

Oh No!

you come across an adorable snowman who seems to be singing familiar holiday songs. He tells you that you can have his tree decorations if you can help him match the figurative language to the song.

I can help!

Question 1/5

"Have a cup of cheer" -A Holly Jolly Christmas

Simile

Personification

Irony

Metaphor

Question 2/5

"You have all the tender sweetness of a seasick crocodile, Mr. Grinch" -The Grinch

Irony

Personification

Metaphor

Alliteration

Question 3/5

"City sidewalks, busy sidewalks. Dressed in holiday style" -Silver Bells

Onomatopoeia

Personification

Metaphor

Irony

Question 4/5

"Thumpety thump, thump, thumpety thump, thump, look at Frosty go." -Frosty the Snowman

Metaphor

Irony

Onomatopoeia

Simile

Question 5/5

"You're as cuddly as a cactus, you're as charming as an eel" -The Grinch

Metaphor

Irony

Simile

Personification

Gifts to decorate!

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Wrong!

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Missions

4.Bows

1.Baubles

2.Stars

3.Lights

Final gift

Lights Challenge

After helping the snowman, you continue on your journey. Suddenly, you see a reindeer ahead of you. "Ouch, oh boy!", he says, defeated. He calls over to you, "Hey! if you can help me get these lights untangled, you can keep them". You think about it. Well, you could use lights to decorate the tree...

I'll help!

Question 1/4

"You sit on a throne of lies" -ELF

Personification

Metaphor

Irony

Simile

Question 2/4

"Now you go home and write 'I am very sorry for what I did to Frosty' a hundred zillion times." -Frosty the Snowman

Hyperbole

Imagery

Onomatopoeia

Oxymoron

Question 3/4

"Strange, isn't it? Each man's life touches so many other lives. When he isn't around he leaves an awful hole, doesn't he?" -It's A Wonderful Life

Pun

Personification

Metaphor

Simile

Question 4/4

“You stink! You smell like beef and cheese, you don’t smell like Santa.” -Elf

Metaphor

Simile

Personification

Hyperbole

Gifts to decorate!

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Incorrect!You lose gifts.

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Missions

4.Bows

1.Baubles

2.Stars

3.Lights

Final gift

What's that sound?

Up ahead you spot the abominable snowman (AKA Yeti). At first you feel afraid, but then you see him smile and wave you over. When you walk closer, you notice he is crying. When you ask what is wrong, he says, "I have always wanted a nice red bow to decorate my snow tree back home. There are some red bows on that tree, but I can't get them because I'm allergic to pine! Can you help me collect some? If you do, you can keep the rest."

I'll help!

Question 1/5

Question 2/5

Which line of the poem, "Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening" shows hyperbole?

"between the woods and frozen lake"

"but I have promises to keep"

"To watch his woods fill up with snow"

"He will not see me stopping here"

Question 3/5

Which line of the poem, "Stopping By the Woods on a Snowy Evening" shows alliteration?

"And miles to go before I sleep"

"The only other sounds the sweep"

"To ask if there is some mistake"

"Of easy wind and downy flake"

Question 4/5

Which line of the poem "little tree" by E.E. Cummings shows personification?

"dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine"

"you are more like a flower"

"there won't be a single place dark or unhappy"

Question 5/5

"In the bleak midwinter, long ago"

Which line from "In the Bleak Midwinter" by Christina Rosetti shows a simile?

"Frosty wind made moan"

"Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone"

"Snow had fallen"

Gifts to decorate!

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Incorrect!Smokey chimney.

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Missions

4.Bows

1.Baubles

2.Stars

3.Lights

Decorate

You did it! Decorate your tree.

Do you want to leave without decorating your Christmas tree?

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