Movies
Fix the Sentence
Context Clues
Songs
Figurative Language
100


The Nightmare Before Christmas

100

All the grandparents went door-to-window saying, "Truck or Trip!"

"Trick or Treat"

100

A vile odor was coming from the cauldron filled with black liquid. I had to cover my nose.

Define vile.

very bad or unpleasant

100

"If there's something strange in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call"

Ghostbusters

100

The cat, as black as the night, mysteriously crossed our path

a) Simile

b) Personification

c) Metaphor

d) Hyperbole

Simile

200

What town does Hocus Pocus take place in?

a) Sleepy Hollow   

b) Casper, Wyoming   

c) Salem, Massachusetts

d) Tombstone, Arizona 

Salem, Massachusetts

200

John wore a zombie mat to the costume park.

party

200

They say that Mr. Coldstone vanished over 100 years ago. No one knows where he went.

Define vanished.

to disappear

200

According to the song, this family is 'creepy, kooky, mysterious and spooky'.

The Addams Family

200

The evil ogre's limbs were thick steel wrapped in muscle

a) Simile

b) Alliteration

c) Metaphor

d) Hyperbole

Metaphor

300

This movie features a clown that emerges from the sewer every 27 years to prey on the town's children.

It

300

At the Haunted Store, I saw cats flying overhead!

bats

300

When I walked past the witch decoration, its eyes lit up and it cackled for everyone to hear.

Define cackle.

to laugh

300

This film soundtrack features the song, 'This Is Halloween'.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

300

The wind howled as it blew by the dark castle.

a) Simile

b) Personification

c) Alliteration

d) Hyperbole

Personification

400


Scream

400

Dracula uses his tongs to bite trees.

fangs

400

Don't get that mask with the red dye splashed all over it. Mom won't like it because it's gory.

Define gory.

showing a lot of blood

400

In 1982 Michael Jackson released this hit associated with Halloween.

Thriller

400

Hiding in the shadows from the corpse that had come to life, the frightened man's teeth were chattering

a) Hyperbole

b) Oxymoron

c) Alliteration

d) Onomatopoeia 

Onomatopoeia

500

What is the most commercially successful horror movie of all time?

a) Paranormal Activity

b) Scream

c) It

d) Halloween

It

500

Be careful with the fork when you drive your Jack-o-Lantern.

carve

500

Tanya felt something behind her. When she turned around, there was no one there. Perhaps it was an apparition

Define apparition.

a ghost or spirit

500

In the movie "Hocus Pocus", the song that the Sanderson sisters sing at the Halloween party is called

I Put a Spell on You

500

The mummy appeared from the crypt and moved towards the archaeologist with a deafening silence

a) Hyperbole

b) Oxymoron

c) Alliteration

d) Personification

Oxymoron

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