Text Type:,Riddles (3),A riddle is a puzzle. Lets take a look at some examples.,Features,Riddles describe something. Then they ask you to guess what it is.,Description.,Features,In riddles, things often act like people.,Features,Using the same words we usually use to describe people.,Using I and my.,Features,Im soft like a pillow and sweet like honey. Children love to eat me. You can find me in an ice cream and in a hot chocolate drink. What am I?,Riddles can be short. Do you remember these riddles?,Im hard like a rock. Im also smooth like glass, but not when its hot. I help you keep cool. Youll find me in your drink on a hot sunny day. What am I?,Features,Riddles can be in the form of a poem as in this example.,And the rhyming words.,So in this riddle, I means Danny and not the thing he is describing.,Features,Notice the descriptive language too.,This means very excited.,This means very happy.,This is a simile.,Features,What is it?,Quickly scan this riddle.,Practice,Practice,Is it in the form of a poem?,Verses.,Rhyming words.,Practice,David wrote the riddle so I is David.,What does I refer to in this riddle?,Practice,Now read carefully. What is it?,Practice,Here cool doesnt mean quite cold. It is an informal way of saying something is attractive or good.,Lets look at some of the language.,This is another way, like over the moon, to mean very happy.,The End,