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The Haunted House on Maple Street

Cheryl Tippit

Created on October 2, 2025

Figurative Language

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Transcript

The Haunted House on Maple Street

START

Introduction

"You've read the story and now you are trapped in the haunted house. To escape, you must first overcome all the challenges and collect the missing objects in your inventory. Will you succeed in escaping…"

Explore the house

Inventory

01

The wind whispered through the dead leaves, creating a symphony of swoosh and crackle sounds.

Personification

Hyperbole

Simile

02

"My mom always says 'curiosity killed the cat,' but here we are anyway."

Metaphor

Idiom

Personification

03

Sarah grabbed Marcus's arm, her fingers as cold as icicles.

Idiom

Metaphor

Simile

04

Prancing prancing phantoms passed through the parlor, performing their peculiar parade.

Idiom

Alliteration

Personification

This is not correct...

Find the key to continue

Continue exploring the house

Inventory

01

BOOM! A thunderclap shook the ground beneath their feet.

Onomatopoiea

Personification

Metaphor

Simile

02

The porch steps groaned under their weight as they approached, each board complaining about the intrusion.

Personification

Alliteration

Simile

Idiom

03

Marcus's heart was beating like a drum in his chest.

Metaphor

Hyperbole

Alliteration

Simile

04

The sinister silence was broken by the spine-tingling sound.

Alliteration

Personification

Simile

Metaphor

You found a secret message

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

01

...Keep playing

02

...One more

03

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

Peculiar portraits lined the walls, their eyes following the children's every move.

01

Onomatopoiea

Personification

Alliteration

Cobwebs decorated every corner like Halloween party streamers.

02

Simile

Idiom

Metaphor

Dust bunnies the size of basketballs collected in the corners.

03

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

Congratulations

You know your figurative language. 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...

Back

Exit

Oh, no. You failed...

Inventory

Inventory

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Inventory

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