Text Structures
Halloween Riddles
100

Ghosts are chilling, they send shivers down your spine. They whisper into the night, their words of despair echoing through dark corridors. 

What is descriptive?

100

With pointed fangs I sit and wait
With piercing force, I dole out fate
Over bloodless victims, I proclaim my might
I can eternally join with a single bite.
What am I?

Who is Dracula? Or What is a vampire?

200

Old cemeteries and houses can both be haunted, but unlike the ghosts in abandoned cemeteries the ghosts in houses are indoors. 

What is Compare and Contrast?

200

You may see this hairy creature by the light of the moon.
You can start running but it will likely catch you soon.
You can hope for escape with the rising sun.            But if it catches you, it will howl for fun. 

What is a Werewolf?

300

A witch turned me into a toad because I insulted her. 

What is Cause and Effect?

300

I’m white but I’m not a sheet of paper
I come in different shapes and sizes but I’m not a snowflake
I can be broken but I’m not a window
I can be brittle but I’m not peanut butter
I’m sometimes humerus but I’m not funny

What is a skeleton?

400

Bringeth to a full rousing bubble, then add two drops oil of boil and a dead man's toe. Next, add a dab of newt saliva, dash of pox. Finally stir thrice.

What is Chronological?

400

Darkness, dust, cobwebs and creaking floors.
Secrets, spirits, strange noises and occasional slamming doors.

What is a Haunted House?

500

Skeleton wanted to show off his moves at the Halloween dance. But a few days before, he broke his foot. "Sorry there will be no dancing for you", his doctor said. Skeleton was disappointed, but then he thought "I can still dance using my arms". Skeleton had found a way to still have fun. 

What is problem-solution text structure?

500

Ghosts and vampires will come looking for me on a dark autumn night and, with a ding and a buzz will eagerly wait with open arms for me. What am I?




What is a treat?

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