Magic School Escape Room | Narrative Structure & Figurative Language Literary Techniques

Recap the narrative form and figurative / language techniques with this NO PREP digital escape room set in a magic classroom.

This is an awesome activity to use before reading a book or short story OR to review the narrative structure, types of narration voices and figurative / language techniques before writing a creative piece.

Recommended for: Grades 7–10
Duration: ~40–60 minutes
Compatibility: Any device with an internet browser
System requirements: Internet access

Features:
✓ 6 clues to solve
✓ Clickable objects in a “room” to find the clues
✓ Clues reveal the final code to open the “lock”
✓ “Hint” buttons for differentiation
✓ Animations and sound effects to gamify the experience
✓ No logins required
✓ Answers

What terms are covered?
• Narrative structure
• Exposition
• Complication
• Rising action
• Climax
• Falling action
• Resolution
• Conclusion
• Protagonist
• Antagonist
• First, second and third-person narration
• Non-linear narration
• Flashbacks and flashforwards

What figurative / language techniques are covered?
• Simile
• Personification
• Hyperbole
• Sibilance
• Pathetic fallacy
• Rhetorical question
• Oxymoron
• Euphemism
• Symbolism
• Irony
• Idiom
• Onomatopoeia
• Assonance
• Consonance
• Sensory imagery

Other Figurative / Language Techniques Resources:
➤ Escape the Pirate Ship – Poetry & Figurative / Language Techniques Escape Room
➤ Figurative / Language Techniques Bingo
➤ 2 Matching Figurative / Language Techniques Worksheets