Students complete nine Halloween problems combining wig sales multiplication, identifying the figurative language in 'the house groaned,' and candy totals for seven bags. The matching activity pairs simile, metaphor, personification, and alliteration with their precise definitions.
Matching all four figurative language types in a Halloween context builds the vocabulary and precision students need to identify and explain each device in their reading.
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Halloween Math & Reading
Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1. A costume shop sells 9 wigs at $15 each. Total sales are $135.
2. When an author writes "the house groaned," the figurative language used is personification.
3. Seven trick-or-treat bags hold 24 candies each. There are 168 candies total.
4. A story set in a dark haunted castle has an eerie mood.
5. A spider wraps 156 bugs equally over 12 days. It wraps 13 bugs per day.
6. Hints in a story about what will happen later are called foreshadowing.
7. Eight carved pumpkins cost $25 each. The total is $200.
8. The main lesson a Halloween story teaches the reader is its theme.
9. A ghost hides 225 candies in 9 equal piles. Each pile has 25 candies.
Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1. Match each item to its correct answer.
simile
→ comparing using like or as
repeating the same beginning sound
metaphor
→ saying something is something else
giving human traits to non-human things
personification
→ giving human traits to non-human things
comparing using like or as
alliteration
→ repeating the same beginning sound
saying something is something else
Halloween Math & Reading
★ Part A: Fill in the Blank
Write the missing word or number on each line.
1) A costume shop sells 9 wigs at $15 each. Total sales are $135.
2) When an author writes "the house groaned," the figurative language used is personification.
3) Seven trick-or-treat bags hold 24 candies each. There are 168 candies total.
4) A story set in a dark haunted castle has an eerie mood.
5) A spider wraps 156 bugs equally over 12 days. It wraps 13 bugs per day.
6) Hints in a story about what will happen later are called foreshadowing.
7) Eight carved pumpkins cost $25 each. The total is $200.
8) The main lesson a Halloween story teaches the reader is its theme.
9) A ghost hides 225 candies in 9 equal piles. Each pile has 25 candies.
★ Part B: Matching
Match each item on the left to the correct answer on the right.
1) Match each item to its correct answer.
simile
→ comparing using like or as
repeating the same beginning sound
metaphor
→ saying something is something else
giving human traits to non-human things
personification
→ giving human traits to non-human things
comparing using like or as
alliteration
→ repeating the same beginning sound
saying something is something else
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