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Find your way out of the abandoned haunted mansion!

Find your way out of the abandoned haunted mansion!. You are to navigate your way through this text feature and learn more about grammatical and figurative features along the way!

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Find your way out of the abandoned haunted mansion!

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  1. Find your way out of the abandoned haunted mansion! You are to navigate your way through this text feature and learn more about grammatical and figurative features along the way! Each page gives you an option of where to go or what to do. Every page has a Start Over Option and a Quick Exit! Begin here!

  2. Up the spooky Simile stairs You are trapped in an abandoned mansion which seems to be haunted. The wind has blown the door closed and it is jammed. Which way shall you go? Down the horrifying Hyperbole hallway Down to the musty Metaphor cellar

  3. The stairs were unstable The stairs were straight As you slowly make your way up the spooky stairs, it starts to creak under your feet as you lose balance. Choose the simile which describes the staircase! The stairs were unbalanced The stairs were as crooked as a dog’s hind leg

  4. All the agile ants ambled around the abandoned antiques in the aged attic The attic was covered in cobwebs You safely make it up the staircase but there seems to be a suspicious noise coming from the Alliteration attic. Which sentence uses alliteration? The attic was very old and had been left alone for a a long time The eerie noise from the attic echoed around the haunted house

  5. Oh no! That answer was incorrect and the staircase collapsed! Go back to the lobby

  6. Collective noun Common noun You carefully climb up into the attic to investigate where the noise is coming from. There you find a possum scurrying around knocking over furniture. What kind of noun is the word ‘possum’? Abstract noun Compound noun

  7. Uh-oh! That answer was incorrect! You will have to try again if you want to make it out of the haunted house Go back

  8. The petrifying Personification library The horrifying Hyperbole hallway Common noun is correct! You open the window ajar for the frightened possum to escape the attic but it is not big enough for you to fit through. You will need to take a shortcut down an old vent and to… The musty Metaphor cellar

  9. A meteor that has fallen from space The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something non-human A cold chill swiftly sweeps through the musty cellar and you realise you may have taken the wrong turn. You will be able to find your way out if you answer this question so think carefully. Which is the definition of “metaphor”? A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action which it is not literally applicable

  10. The cellar smelt of stale air and rotten cheese Great! That was the correct definition. The candle in the cellar is slowly dimming… Quick! You must choose which sentence is the correct metaphor to safely get out of the cellar before you are left in the dark! The cellar was a blanket of darkness

  11. Oh no! You answered incorrectly. The candle went out in the cellar and you have no way to escape the haunted mansion… Start again

  12. The drapes were so dusty and made me sneeze The drapes wrapped its heavy arms around me As you cautiously cross the squeaky floorboards into the petrifying Personification library the drapes suddenly collapse onto you. Choose the correct use of personification! A ghost must have made the drapes fall

  13. Oh no! You answered incorrectly. Now the haunted mansion will hold you in her captivity forever! Tip: that is an example of personification for next time  Start again

  14. I was so scared my heart jumped out of my chest You plough through the cobwebs which dangle from the ceiling. You reach the Hyperbole Hallway and to your horror there stands a headless horseman! If you choose the right hyperbole he will let you pass I was so frightened I couldn’t speak

  15. Oh no! You answered incorrectly. The headless horseman will not let you pass so you cannot leave the haunted mansion! Start again

  16. That was the correct answer! Hyperbole: an exaggerated statement or claim which is not meant to be taken literally.

  17. Linking verbs Action verbs You are nearing the end of your quest! There are various types of verbs in grammar, even including short words such as “are” and “is”. Select what kind of verb these two examples are and you will be one step closer to escaping this haunted mansion! Intransitive verbs Dynamic verbs

  18. Good work! That was the correct answer! Now, you will need to know that onomatopoeiais a word that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the source of the sound that it describes.

  19. Oh no! You answered incorrectly. You have been unsuccessful in your quest of escaping the haunted mansion… Start again

  20. Which word is not onomatopoeia? Boom! Shrieking! Clanging! Creak! Stumbled!

  21. Oh no! You answered incorrectly. You have been unsuccessful in your quest of escaping the haunted mansion… Start again

  22. Hooray! You safely found your way out of the abandoned haunted mansion. Well done!

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