8th Grade Jeopardy

Literary Devices

100

Comparing two things using "like" or "as."

Simile

200

Comparing two things directly without using "like" or "as."

Metaphor

300

Hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.

Foreshadowing

400

Descriptive language that appeals to the senses.

Imagery

500

A contrast between expectation and reality.

Irony

Literary Devices from The Youngest Partisan

100

"The resistance was a flickering flame in the darkness."

Metaphor

200

"Fear gripped our hearts like a relentless shadow."

Simile

300

"The cold, gray streets of Paris echoed with the sound of marching boots."

Imagery

400

"We heard whispers of families disappearing in the night."

Foreshadowing

500

"The soldiers, claiming to protect order, brought only chaos."

Irony

Riddles

100

I can be cracked, made, told, and played.
What am I?

A joke.

200

What can fill a room but takes up no space?

Light.

300

I am not alive, but I can die.
I do not breathe, but I need air.
What am I?

A candle or fire 

400

I fly without wings.
I cry without eyes.
Wherever I go, darkness flies.
What am I?

A cloud.

500

I have no hands, but I can knock on your door.
I have no feet, but I move around.
What am I?

Opportunity.

Math Riddles

100

If you multiply me by any other number,
the answer will always be the same.
What number am I?

Zero.

200

I am a number between 1 and 100.
I am divisible by 3 and 5 but not by 10.
What number am I?

15

300

I add five to nine and get two.
The answer is correct, but how?

It’s a clock! When you add 5 hours to 9 o’clock, it becomes 2 o’clock.

400

I am a number.
If you double me and subtract 6, you get 10.
What number am I?

8. (Double 8 is 16, and 16 - 6 = 10.)

500

A man buys a horse for $60, sells it for $70, buys it back for $80, and sells it again for $90.
How much profit does he make?

$20. (He gains $10 in the first transaction and $10 in the second.)

ELA Riddles

100

I sound like what I mean,
Like buzz, pop, or moo.
When you read me aloud,
You’ll hear something new.
What am I?

Onomatopoeia.

200

I’m an exaggeration,
Too big to be true.
I make a point dramatic,
And bring humor to you.
What am I?

Hyperbole

300

I give life to the lifeless,
And make objects behave.
I let the wind whisper,
And the ocean wave.
What am I?

Personification

400

I repeat the same sound
At the start of each word.
I’m catchy and fun,
And I’m easily heard.
What am I?

Alliteration.

500

I drop subtle hints,
Of what’s yet to appear.
I build up suspense,
And make the future clear.
What am I?

Foreshadowing.