Let's get as silly as a goose with these similes! Students will get creative as they finish simple similes with this introductory worksheet. After they finish, give them a chance to share their favorites with the class!

Use this worksheet to review figurative language! Students will write what they think each idiom on this worksheet means.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Figurative Language.

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used in poetry. Use this classic poem with your students to practice identifying alliteration in context.

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this middle grades worksheet! 

Are you so hungry you could eat a horse? Your students will have fun identifying the examples of hyperbole and idioms in this worksheet.

This resource makes matching idioms as easy as pie! ​Students will pair idioms based on their identical meaning.

Students make connections between classic and modern literature by identifying shared character archetypes found in each.

This worksheet is a beast! That's a metaphor, and your child will be writing their own metaphors in no time, then they can use them in a poem.

When your students read this silly poem, they will find examples of hyperbole. Then, they will make a connection to another language concept: superlatives!

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in The Hunger Games with this artistic extension activity!

This middle school worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of allusion (mythological, biblical, literary, or historical), simile, personification, or metaphor. 

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used to engage a reader’s senses. Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration in context.

Brush up on your figurative language skills this fall season with this engaging metaphors maze!

Your students will infer the meaning of unknown figurative language examples by using context clues.

Practice identifying hyperbole with this engaging winter-themed figurative language maze!

Invite your learners to practice identifying hyperboles with this fun figurative language maze! 

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Valentine's Day-themed similes!

In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.

In this exercise, students will use linking verbs to write metaphors with support.

Give your learners fun practice identifying hyperboles with this sweet figurative language maze.

Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Halloween-themed metaphors!

Have a laugh (or a groan) with this fun figurative language worksheet all about puns!

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Halloween-themed similes!

Use this activity to help students find and decipher metaphors in the context of short passages. Students will read the passages, record what is being compared in each, and then seek to explain the metaphors' meanings in their own words.

This is a hilarious worksheet for students to dive into as they hone their figurative language skills! Young wordsmiths will practice identifying the differences between homonyms and homophones as they analyze puns.

How is a grapefruit like a moon? They are both round! Students will identify which items are being compared in a metaphor, then describe one way they are alike.

Challenge your students to use what they know about idioms to find the double meaning in these silly puns. They will ‘get a kick’ out of it!