What is a riddle A riddle is a

What is a riddle? • A riddle is a type of word puzzle.

What is a riddle? • A riddle is a type of word puzzle. What am I? I have one curved face and I like to bounce. • We must guess what the riddle is referring to, the thing hidden in the poem.

Features of a riddle A present-tense verb (a what is happening now word) What am I? I have one curved face and I like to bounce.

Features of a riddle A question mark ? What am I? I have one curved face and I like to bounce.

Features of a riddle A conjunction. What am I? I have one curved face and I like to bounce.

Features of a riddle An adjective What am I? I have one curved face and I like to bounce.

Features of a riddle A line beginning with ‘I’ What am I? I have one curved face and I like to bounce.

Features of a riddle A hard clue at the beginning What am I? I have one curved face and I like to bounce.

Features of a riddle An easy clue at the end What am I? I have one curved face and I like to bounce.

Features of a riddle A ‘What am I’ line What am I? I have one curved face and I like to bounce.

Features of a riddle Sometimes, a riddle will also have a simile (a comparing word) e. g. I am like a …

Underline the features of that you have used in these 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Present tense verb Question mark Conjunction Adjective Line beginning with ‘I’ Hard clue at the beginning Easy clue at the end ‘What am I’ line Simile riddles colours.

Here are some examples of riddles! What am I? I am a sweet, juicy fruit to drink and my colour is my name. I am an orange!

Look at an example of a riddle about an animal on the next slide!

What am I? I am known as a king! The jungle’s where I reign. It is hard to tame me! And I have a large mane.

I am a lion!

Can you write some riddles about animals? First think of an animal that you want to write about. Jot down your ideas. Begin to use your ideas and turn them into a riddle.

Challenge! Can you write riddles about other objects of your choice!