Riddles for Language Arts Class with Wordplay Flair

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

I continue the story before the story began. What am I?

I am a word that sounds like its meaning. What am I?

I’m the hero’s opposite who stirs up trouble. What am I?

I sneak in silent letters like knife and gnome. What am I?

I give human traits to raindrops and sunbeams. What am I?

I organize ideas into beginning, middle, and end. What am I?

I am a sentence that asks politely. What am I?

I hold your argument in five persuasive paragraphs. What am I?

I show feelings in script without telling. What am I?

I am the lesson hidden between the lines. What am I?

I am two words that contradict yet fit, like jumbo shrimp. What am I?

I am the word bank you flip through for synonyms. What am I?

I am the main character’s inner voice. What am I?

I wrap up the story and leave readers satisfied. What am I?