ELA Riddles
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Riddle Me This
100

I am a punctuation mark that can join words or sentences.
Without me, sentences might fall apart.
What am I?

A comma

100

I connect clauses and phrases alike,
Without me, sentences would spike.
What am I?

A conjunction

100

I show action, state, or being,
Without me, a sentence has no meaning.
What am I?

A verb

100

I’m not a straight line, that’s for sure.
My shape is round, a closed curve pure.
What am I?

A circle

100

What has to be broken before you can use it?

An egg

200

I am a literary device; I make comparisons.
Using "like" or "as," I show relations.
What am I?

A simile

200

I’m a number, but I’m not whole.
You can find me between numbers; that’s my role.
What am I?

A fraction

200

I modify nouns with details that matter,
Describing size, color, or how things scatter.
What am I?

An adjective

200

I have four equal sides and angles right.
My name is a shape, easy to recite.
What am I?

A square

200

The more you take, the more you leave behind.
What am I?

Footsteps

300

I hold many stories, from start to end.
Turn my pages, and I’m your friend.
What am I?

A book

300

I’m an opposite; I contradict.
Find my pair, and we don’t conflict.
What am I?

An antonym

300

I mean the same as another word,
A twin in meaning—haven’t you heard?
What am I?

A synonym

300

I am a three-dimensional shape.
My faces are all rectangles, that’s my trait.
I can hold your books or your shoes.
What am I?

A rectangular prism

300

I have a head and a tail but no body.

What am I

A coin

400

I start with a topic sentence and end with a conclusion.
I can be persuasive or full of confusion.
What am I?

A paragraph

400

I’m a math operation that’s fair,
Splitting things equally, I always care.
What am I?

Division

400

I show time, but I’m not a clock.
I tell you when something happens—tick-tock.
What am I?

A verb tense

400

I’m the distance around a circle,
Measuring its curve like a twirl.
What am I?

Circumference

400

I’m not alive, but I grow.
I don’t have lungs, but I need air.

What am I?

Fire

500

I’m a group of lines, a poet’s pride.
With rhythm and rhyme, I’m often tied.
What am I?

A stanza

500

I sound the same but mean something new,
Spell me differently, and I’ll still confuse you.
What am I?

A homophone

500

I give life to objects, making them act alive,
Though they're just words, they seem to thrive.
What am I?

Personification

500

I’m the number you multiply by itself to find the area of a square.
What am I?

The side length

500

I am always in front of you but can’t be seen.
I’m something you’ll never outrun, no matter how keen.
What am I?

The future