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Reading Comprehension Riddles

Strengthen inference and vocabulary with reading comprehension riddles that turn close reading into a game.

Pair with riddles about books, library riddles, and riddles for language arts class.


Classic Clues

I solve the problem and tie loose ends. What am I?

I change because of story events. Who am I?

I ask why the author included a detail. What am I?

I hint early at what happens later. What am I?

I am words around an unknown word that help meaning. What am I?

I compare similarities and differences. What am I?

I know one character thoughts and feelings. Who am I?

I sum up the main idea of a paragraph. What am I?

I am an argument backed by evidence. What am I?

I asks what you already know. What am I?


Themed Challenge Riddles

I compare two things using like or as. What am I?

I list key words alphabetically with page numbers. What am I?

I asks who, what, when, where, why, and how. What am I?

I am where tension rises and conflicts grow. What am I?

I explain character motivation using text evidence. What am I?

I am the lesson or message of a story. What am I?

I am the time and place of a story. What am I?

I am the problem characters must face. What am I?

I am a clue that supports your answer. What am I?

I am the short version of the important events. What am I?


Party and Classroom Extras

I am the voice telling the story. What am I?

I am a phrase not meant literally. What am I?

I am the feeling a text gives readers. What am I?

I am the author attitude toward a subject. What am I?

I am the most important point in nonfiction. What am I?

I am the smaller facts that support a point. What am I?

I am a guess based on clues and knowledge. What am I?

I am the question students ask while reading. What am I?

I am the chart that follows beginning, middle, and end. What am I?

I am the game where close reading becomes a clue hunt. What am I?


FAQ

Are answers included?
Yes. Every riddle includes the answer.

How should I use these?
Use them for classrooms, family activities, newsletters, discussion prompts, or themed events.

Want more related riddles?
Follow the internal links near the top for more themed clues.

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