Movies
Context Clues
Songs
Figurative Language
100
The Nightmare Before Christmas
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
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
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
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
The little boy jumped out from behind the door and shouted, "Boo!"
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
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
A haunted house is a mansion of malevolence.
a) Hyperbole
b) Metaphor
c) Alliteration
d) Personification
Metaphor