Figure It Out

Simile, metaphor, or something else entirely

📖 Reading & Words Grade 3 to Grade 7+ ages 8–13 Free

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About Figure It Out

Tell a simile from a metaphor, spot personification and hyperbole, and work out what an idiom actually means. Every answer explains itself.

Ankhdase tracks 3 distinct skills in Figure It Out, including Figurative language, Idioms & expressions and Vocabulary. Because mastery is estimated per skill rather than per game, the questions shift toward whatever a student is getting wrong — and away from what they have already proved they know.

How to play

  1. Read the sentence and decide what kind of figurative language it uses.
  2. Early rounds stick to simile versus metaphor — the one everybody mixes up.
  3. Later rounds add personification, hyperbole, alliteration, onomatopoeia and idioms.
  4. Every miss explains exactly what made it that device.

Skills Figure It Out practices

  • Figurative language
  • Idioms & expressions
  • Vocabulary

Mastery is estimated separately for each of these, which is what lets the difficulty move independently — a student can be fluent on one and still be fed easier questions on another.

Questions about Figure It Out

Is Figure It Out free to play?
Yes. Figure It Out is free, runs in any modern browser, and needs no download or plugin. You can play straight away without an account; signing in is only needed if you want progress, streaks and badges saved.
What age is Figure It Out for?
Figure It Out suits ages 8–13 — roughly Grade 3 to Grade 7+. The difficulty adapts as you play, so it stays useful across that whole range rather than being pitched at one year group.
What does Figure It Out teach?
It practices Figurative language, Idioms & expressions and Vocabulary. Every question is tagged with the skill it exercises, so progress is tracked skill by skill rather than as one overall score.
Does Figure It Out work on a tablet or phone?
Yes. Figure It Out works with touch as well as a mouse, and every drag action has a tap-to-select alternative. Once the page has loaded once it also keeps working offline.
Can teachers assign Figure It Out?
Yes. Teachers can create a class, add students in bulk without email addresses, and set Figure It Out as an assignment with a goal — a score, a number of minutes, stars or a typing speed. Progress updates automatically as students play.

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