Middle school writers practice rewriting sentences using personification to add description and make the sentences more exciting!

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.

An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound it's describing. Search through this word search to find each comic book onomatopoeia!

Take an Earth Day-themed adventure through this figurative language maze!

What does "when pigs fly" mean if pigs can't really fly? Kids use context clues to learn the meanings of common idioms on this third grade reading worksheet.

Children read a passage from L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then answer a series of questions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Get a taste of verbal irony with this figurative language worksheet in which students study the definitions and examples of sarcasm, exaggeration, and understatement.

Introduce your students to these common English idioms, used in the context of a sentence.

Alliteration is a fun way to play with language! Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration

Practice identifying metaphors with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

Learners discover the magic of figurative language in this reading and writing exercise.

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.

Students will learn about the history of hyperbole in literature and politics.

Learners will use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of common allusions.

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

Students hone their ability to spot literary devices with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

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

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

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

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.

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!

In this worksheet, learners will practice identifying metaphors as they color in the logs that contain them.

Introduce your students to some common English idioms and their meanings.