Riddles
I’m tall when I’m young, and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
What is a candle?
What is the term for the time and place in which a story occurs?
What is the setting?
What do you call a comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"?
What is a simile?
This book is about a boy wizard attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
What is "Harry Potter"?
This Puerto Rican dish of mashed plantains is often served with pork or seafood.
What is mofongo?
I have a head, a tail, but no body. What am I?
What is a coin?
What do you call the problem or struggle in a story?
What is the conflict?
What literary device is used when a word or phrase is used in a way that differs from its literal meaning without using "like" or "as"?
What is metaphor?
This character is a mischievous boy who never grows up and can fly.
Who is Peter Pan?
This 15th birthday celebration marks a girl's transition to womanhood in many Latin American cultures.
What is a Quinceañera?
What belongs to you, but other people use it more than you do?
What is your name?
What is the term for the highest point of tension in the story?
What is the climax?
What part of speech is used to show action or state of being?
What is a verb?
This adventurous bear lives in the forest and has a knack for finding honey.
Who is Winnie the Pooh?
This Mexican holiday commemorates the victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862.
What is Cinco de Mayo?
I am full of holes, but I can hold water. What am I?
What is a sponge?
What genre describes a story created by the author, purely from imagination, and not rooted in actual events?
What is fiction?
What term refers to the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words? ex. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
What is alliteration?
Who is the mischievous cat who wears a red and white striped hat?
Who is The Cat in the Hat?
This Colombian singer is known for hits like "Hips Don't Lie" and "Waka Waka."
Who is Shakira?
I am an odd number. Take away one letter, and I become even. What am I?
What is seven?
What do you call the message or lesson that a story teaches?
What is the theme?
What is a word that has the same meaning as another word called?
What is a synonym?
Who is the clever girl who outsmarts the Big Bad Wolf and saves her grandmother?
Who is Little Red Riding Hood?
This baseball player, known as "The Great One," was from Puerto Rico and played for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Who is Roberto Clemente?