Figurative Language Holiday Escape Room

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

Holiday Escape

1.Baubles

Final gift

4.Bows

3.Lights

2.Stars

Missions

Question 1/4

Alliteration

Metaphor

Onomatopoeia

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

Question 2/4

Onomatopoeia

Hyperbole

Personification

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

Question 3/4

Alliteration

Personification

Hyperbole

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

Question 4/4

Metaphor

Simile

Hyperbole

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

Gifts to decorate!

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Incorrect!You get coal.

1.Baubles

4.Bows

3.Lights

2.Stars

Final gift

Missions

I can help!

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.

Oh No!

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

Metaphor

Irony

Personification

Simile

Question 1/5

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

Alliteration

Metaphor

Personification

Irony

Question 2/5

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

Irony

Metaphor

Personification

Onomatopoeia

Question 3/5

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

Simile

Onomatopoeia

Irony

Metaphor

Question 4/5

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

Personification

Simile

Irony

Metaphor

Question 5/5

Gifts to decorate!

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1.Baubles

4.Bows

3.Lights

2.Stars

Final gift

Missions

I'll help!

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...

Lights Challenge

"You sit on a throne of lies" -ELF

Personification

Irony

Metaphor

Question 1/4

Simile

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

Hyperbole

Onomatopoeia

Imagery

Question 2/4

Oxymoron

"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

Metaphor

Personification

Question 3/4

Simile

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

Metaphor

Personification

Simile

Question 4/4

Hyperbole

Gifts to decorate!

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Incorrect!You lose gifts.

1.Baubles

4.Bows

3.Lights

2.Stars

Final gift

Missions

I'll help!

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."

What's that sound?

Question 1/5

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

"To watch his woods fill up with snow"

"but I have promises to keep"

"He will not see me stopping here"

"between the woods and frozen lake"

Question 2/5

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

"To ask if there is some mistake"

"And miles to go before I sleep"

"The only other sounds the sweep"

"Of easy wind and downy flake"

Question 3/5

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

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

"you are more like a flower"

"dreaming of being taken out and allowed to shine"

Question 4/5

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

"Snow had fallen"

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

"Frosty wind made moan"

"In the bleak midwinter, long ago"

Question 5/5

Gifts to decorate!

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Incorrect!Smokey chimney.

1.Baubles

4.Bows

3.Lights

2.Stars

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Missions

You did it! Decorate your tree.

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