Horror Escape Room: Literary Devices

Learn Your Literary Devices...OR ELSE

Horror Escape room

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Introduction

"A ghost is trapped in this house, doomed to wander it until it regains all its memories. To help it find them, you must first overcome all the challenges and collect the missing objects in your inventory. Explore the house and try not to gettrapped yourself…"

Explore the house

Inventory

01

Which literary device is used in the phrase "The wind whispered through the trees"?

metaphor

personification

imagery

02

In the sentence "He was as brave as a lion," what literary device is being used?

oxymoron

hyperbole

simile

03

What literary device is demonstrated in "The calm sea was a blanket of blue"?

metaphor

imagery

simile

04

Which literary device is at work in "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"?

repetition

oxyomoron

anithesis

This is not correct...

Find the key to continue

Continue exploring the house

Inventory

01

In the phrase "A deafening silence filled the room," what device is utilized?

simile

oxymoron

metaphor

imagery

02

Which literary device is present in "I could sleep for a thousand years"?

prose

hyperbole

anithesis

metaphor

03

In "She sells seashells by the seashore," which device is demonstrated?

personification

hyperbole

alliteration

irony

04

Which device is shown in "She was a saint in a world of sinners"?

irony

metpahor

simile

juxstaposition

You found a secret message

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Remember these notes and play them on the piano in the correct order

01

02

...Keep playing

03

...One more

Start over...

You found a new item for your inventory

Continue exploring the house

Inventory

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Use the magnifying glass to search for the code and then insert it into the typewriter

224

Enter the secret code

Code

01

What device is illustrated in the phrase "It was a time of uncertainty, a time of change, a time of hope"?

alliteration

repetition

irony

02

Which device is demonstrated in "The dentist had a cavity"?

irony

hyperbole

oxymoron

03

What device is used in "The clock ticked away the seconds, like a predator stalking its prey"?

metaphor

imagery

simile

A briefcase has appeared...

It's locked...look in the inventory for something to open it

Congratulations

You have recovered all the memories of the ghost! Now it can finally rest and you can escape from the house!

Are you sure you want to exit?

You will lose all progress made so far...

Exit

Back

Oh, no. You failed...

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