Figurative Language Resources : Page 3

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!

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

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

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

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

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.

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

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

Similes are all around us—sometimes you just need a little context to know how to decipher them! This lighthearted story about a twisted ankle contains two hidden similes. Can your students find them?

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

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.

Search this puzzle for onomatopoeias of animal sounds in other languages! How do they compare to the onomatopoeias you know?

Children practice identifying and interpreting one type of figurative language, similes, in nine sample sentences.

Use this worksheet to teach your students to write compound sentences with the support of sentence frames as they differentiate between literal and nonliteral meanings of idioms. Don’t forget the context clues!

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.

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!

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

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

Introduce your students to vocabulary words that will strengthen their descriptive writing!

Your kids will have fun learning about hyperbole and writing some of their own exaggerations along the way!

After introducing similes, give kids a chance to be creative with this writing activity! Students will have fun comparing all kinds of things of their choosing using the prompts, and you'll love watching them use and grow their figurative language skills.

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

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

EL students will read similes and identify how the two things being compared 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!

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