Figurative Language Resources : Page 2

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

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.

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

This poem offers a fun, memorable example for students as they learn to interpret figurative language in works of poetry and literature.

Aren't alliterations awesome? Have a little phonics fun by finishing these alliterations.

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

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

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

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

Have fun with hyperbole in this funny fill-in story-writing worksheet!

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

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.

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

Search this puzzle for animal onomatopoeias. An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound that it's describing. These words are sounds made by animals!

Put all your Easter eggs in this worksheet! Help your students use the context of a sentence to discover the meaning of these Easter idioms.

As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.

Invite learners to practice identifying examples of hyperbole with this fun Earth Day maze!

Learners will have fun honing their language and grammar skills with this fall-themed figurative language maze!

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

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

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

Learners will practice identifying and decoding figurative language as they read and decipher five practice sentences.