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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Quick Exit!

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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?

Up the spooky Simile stairs

Down to the musty Metaphor cellar

Down the horrifyingHyperbole hallway

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 unstable

The stairs were as crooked as a dog’s hind leg

The stairs were unbalanced

The stairs were straight

You safely make it up the staircase but there seems to be a suspicious noise coming from the Alliteration

attic. Which sentence uses alliteration?

All the agile ants ambled around the abandoned antiques in the aged attic

The eerie noise from the attic echoed around the haunted house

The attic was very old andhad been left alone for a

a long time

The attic was covered in cobwebs

Oh no! That answer was incorrect and the staircase collapsed!

Go back to the lobby

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’?

Collective noun

Compound noun

Abstract noun

Common noun

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

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

The petrifying Personification

libraryThe horrifying

Hyperbole hallway

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

The attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics

to something non-human

A meteor that has fallen from space

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

The cellar smelt of stale air and rotten

cheese

Oh no! You answered incorrectly. The candle went out in the cellar

and you have no way to escape the haunted mansion…

Start again

As you cautiously cross the squeaky floorboards into the

petrifying Personification library the drapes suddenly collapse onto

you. Choose the correct use of personification!

The drapes were so dusty and made me sneeze

A ghost must have made the drapes fall

The drapes wrapped its heavy arms around me

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

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

I was so scared my heart jumped out

of my chest

Oh no! You answered incorrectly. The headless horseman will not let you pass so you cannot leave the

haunted mansion!

Start again

That was the correct answer!

Hyperbole: an exaggerated statement or claim which is not meant to be taken

literally.

Linking verbs

Dynamic verbs

Intransitive verbs

Action verbsYou 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!

Good work! That was the correct answer!

Now, you will need to know that onomatopoeia is a word that

phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the source of the sound

that it describes.

Oh no! You answered incorrectly. You have been unsuccessful in your

quest of escaping the haunted mansion…

Start again

Boom! Shrieking!

Creak!

Clanging!

Stumbled!

Which word is not onomatopoeia?

Oh no! You answered incorrectly. You have been unsuccessful in your

quest of escaping the haunted mansion…

Start again

Hooray! You safely found your way

out of the abandoned

haunted mansion. Well done!