How to come up with a riddle yourself?

The riddle is a brilliant invention of the human mind. It helps to search and find connections between objects, pay attention to details, look at familiar things from a different angle. This tiny task teaches us to think, to subtly feel the language and to better understand the world around us. Most adults are convinced that riddles are fun for children. However, the brain should be trained at any age - at least for the prevention of senile dementia. How many folk puzzles can you recall at once? ten? 20? Surely, these will be the most famous. But there are thousands of riddles! In addition, you can compose them yourself.

How to come up with a riddle? Let's give some tips.

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To begin, we recommend accumulating material for observations. To start creating yourself, you need to familiarize yourself with how other authors do it. Grab a collection of puzzles on a long journey to the sea or to the country. Solve them with the whole family, discuss how successful they are, admire the folk (or writer's) wisdom, successful comparisons.

• The slider is creeping, the needle is lucky. (Hedgehog).
• The copper demon climbed onto the table. (Samovar).
• I feed everyone with pleasure, but without merit. (The spoon).
  

Note that the same subject or phenomenon can be described in completely different ways. For example, a dream.

• And the army, and the governor - all fell.
• What is the sweetest thing in the world?
• He will not knock, he will not blur, but he will suit everyone.

How to come up with a riddle-comparison?

To compose the simplest task, you need to learn how to find the properties of an object and compare it by these qualities with other objects (phenomena). It is very convenient to fill out a small table.

Combine the data obtained as follows:

Roast like a stove.
Golden as a dandelion.
Round as a wheel.
Bright as fire.

Try it - it's a fun process!

How to come up with a riddle if an object or phenomenon does not have distinct signs? Ask yourself the question: “What can he do? Who else is doing this? ”

Here's what happened:

Flies like a bird.
Howls like a wolf.
Frenzy like Nightingale the Rogue.
Bends trees like a giant.

Another option is to use opposing unions and denials:

Flies, but not a bird.
Howls, but not a wolf.
Whistles, but not the Nightingale the Robber.
Bending trees, but not a giant.

How to come up with a riddle "vice versa"?

We will continue to paint verbal pictures, but in addition to similar features, we will find characteristic differences between the subject or phenomenon under consideration from others. For example, a cloud is white as cotton wool, but you can’t pick it up. The fog is gray-haired, like an ancient old man, but he won’t tell a fairy tale. The moon is delicious, like a cheesecake, but you can’t bite it.

Possible variant:

Winged like a bird, but without a tail.
Horned, like a ram, but not gored.
Flies like a plane, but sits on the leaves of trees.
Buzzing like a bee, let it not bite.

Consider the parts and the whole

What is the hardest puzzle to come up with ? Let's get the math to help! Consider the human body. What parts does it consist of? One tongue, lips, one mouth, two eyes, an ear, a pair of arms and legs. How did people reflect this in folklore?

One talker
Another whistler
And the third edun.
Two Vidaki brothers
And two are rumors
Two runners
Yes, two grip brothers.

And now, by this principle, we come up with riddles ourselves.

I’m sitting on a chair myself
feet on the steps
Hands grabbed the forks.
On two plates, like a rocket, I rush.

We have given just a few examples. Of course, most of them are unlikely to ever get into folklore or copyright collections, but we do not pretend to be. The main thing is that this amusing entertainment will be extremely useful for both the kindergartener and the younger student. Surely, in the process of playing together with your child, you will have your own tricks and artistic finds.