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Figurative Language Resources : Page 4

Introduce readers to the poem &ldquo;O Captain! My Captain!&rdquo; by American poet Walt Whitman with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet!&nbsp;

Analyzing Poetry: “O Captain! My Captain!” by Walt Whitman

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this eighth-grade worksheet! 

Figurative Language in Context #3

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

Idioms: Picture This!

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

Determine the Meaning of Common Allusions #2

Give your third grader a head start in language arts by teaching her an alliteration lesson with this Santa Claus-themed writing project.

Write Santa Claus-Themed Alliteration

Help your EL students use linking words to write similes!

Writing Similes with Linking Words

Students will finally have a name to describe the “dog ate my homework” storytelling that runs rampant throughout childhood with this hyperbole exercise.


Hyperbole

Ideal for fourth and fifth graders, this worksheet includes figurative language examples and definitions on the first page, and a second full page of questions and tasks that can be used to check for understanding.

Fall Figurative Language Task Cards

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

Hyperboles in History

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!

Literal and Nonliteral Language

EL students will read similes and identify how the two things being compared are alike.

Reading & Understanding Similes

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

Character Archetype Trading Cards

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.

Figurative Language: Alliteration in Context

Use this discussion guide to support students&rsquo; comprehension and analysis of chapters 5&ndash;8 of S.E. Hinton&rsquo;s novel<em> The Outsiders.</em>

Novel Study: The Outsiders: Discussion Guide #2

Kids complete sentences with idioms in this worksheet.

Making Sense of Idioms

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

Archetypes in Modern Literature

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

Having Fun with Hyperbole

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

Idioms: Tell Us What You Think!

Every educator eschews un-exciting educational exercises; employ this Education.com exercise for an entertaining and eventful lesson on alliteration!


Alliteration

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

Writing Metaphors with Linking Verbs

In this worksheet, students will read Carl Sandburg's poem "Fog," then analyze the poem for figurative language.

Metaphors in Poetry

Give kids a chance to think creatively about metaphors by letting them write their own! Students will stretch their imaginations and figurative language skills as they think of ways to describe their class, bedroom, and more.

Write Your Own Metaphors

Students will be able to creatively apply metaphors to their discussions after they complete this exercise.


Metaphors 3

Have fun with figurative language with these Halloween exaggerations that are sure to spook your students! They will enjoy the chance to write their own hyperboles with these over-the-top sentences.

Halloween Hyperboles

Students will have a blast playing with this exercise that shows how spelling onomatopoeias comes from real-life sounds.


Onomatopoeia

This worksheet is a slam dunk for metaphors! Your young writer will learn what makes up a metaphor, and then practice making a few of their own.

All About Metaphors

Your students will have fun identifying the homophones in these hilarious puns!

Puns with Homophones #1

Challenge your students to find the definitions of each homograph that give these puns their double meaning.

Puns with Homographs

Students will read metaphors and identify how the two things being compared are alike.

Reading & Understanding Metaphors

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.

Analyzing a Passage from The Wizard of Oz

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