An oxymoron is a figure of speech made up of words with very different meanings. In this creative writing activity, students will put their figurative language skills to the test as they craft a story using some catchy contradictory phrases!

Teach your students about contradictory phrases that go by the funny sounding name of "oxymoron." After your students match two words together to make oxymorons, they’ll write their own creative sentences using this fun figurative language

With this worksheet, your students practice and identifying and writing hyperboles.

Determine the appropriate onomatopoeia for different situations in this engaging puzzle!

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

Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.

Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.

Listen to burgers sizzle and rain patter in this camping-themed onomatopoeia worksheet, designed for fourth and fifth graders!

This exercise will get your students inferring the meaning of unknown metaphors.

Let your figurative language skills blossom with this middle-grade springtime metaphor maze! 

If your students need more practice with onomatopoeia, this worksheet will provide them with examples of common animal sounds and related contexts.

Help your students practice identifying and writing alliterative sentences

As your students read these silly limericks, they’ll identify examples of hyperbole.

Explore figurative language fun with this engaging worksheet!

Give your students exposure to funny puns related to animals!

These 24 cards will introduce your students to common sound words!

Middle school students will become masters at decoding characters in their favorite stories after they complete this activity!

Introduce readers to the poem “I like to see it lap the Miles” by beloved American poet Emily Dickinson.

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

Children will practice bringing excitement to their writing in this fun figurative language worksheet.

Metaphors are imaginative ways to describe something by comparing that thing to something else. With this worksheet, students will write a metaphor for each pair of given words.

In this grammar worksheet, learners will enjoy writing what each idiom means figuratively, then drawing a picture to illustrate its meaning.

In this engaging worksheet, learners will practice identifying, working with, and writing hyperboles.

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

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

This fun worksheet is an appealing way for students to see how hyperboles can add joy and humor to the writing process.

Children will discover how figurative language can enliven writing in this fun cut-and-paste worksheet.