🗺️ Literary Clue: Mystery at Mystwick Library — Figurative Language Game (Grades 3–5)

Something sinister has happened at Mystwick Library — and only your students can solve it!

Literary Clue is a free, browser-based mystery deduction game that makes figurative language unforgettable. Students take on the role of literary detectives, moving through seven enchanted library rooms — the Simile Suite, Metaphor Mansion, Idiom Inn, Alliteration Aisle, Personification Parlor, Onomatopoeia Observatory, and Hyperbole Hall — answering ELA questions to earn clues and eliminate suspects.

Inspired by the classic board game Clue, students must deduce WHO committed the literary crime, WHAT they used, and WHERE — all while mastering all seven major figurative language devices along the way.

✅ 140 questions across 3 difficulty levels (Easy / Medium / Hard)

✅ Solo mode (vs. AI detectives) or Multiplayer for up to 5 players

✅ Works on any device — Chromebook, tablet, laptop, or desktop

✅ Zero setup — no login, no account, completely free to play

✅ Built-in Reading Guide with definitions, examples, and YouTube videos for every device

This Teacher Guide includes standards alignment (CCSS), setup instructions, classroom strategies for 1:1, small group, and whole-class play, differentiation tips, discussion prompts, assessment ideas, a printable student notepad, and a print-and-cut desk reference card.

Your students won't even realize they're studying.