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Assonance and Consonance
Assonance and Consonance
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Assonance and Consonance
Fifth Grade
Writing
Play around with word sounds in this figurative language worksheet! Learn to identify assonance and consonance, two common poetic devices.
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Assonance and Consonance
Assonance and Consonance
Worksheet
Assonance and Consonance
Play around with word sounds in this figurative language worksheet! Learn to identify assonance and consonance, two common poetic devices.
Fifth Grade
Writing
Worksheet
Metaphors and Similes
Metaphors and Similes
Worksheet
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Metaphors and Similes
Fourth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Children are introduced to Tennyson the Turtle, a reptile who likes to use metaphors and similes, in this appealing worksheet!
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Metaphors and Similes
Metaphors and Similes
Worksheet
Metaphors and Similes
Children are introduced to Tennyson the Turtle, a reptile who likes to use metaphors and similes, in this appealing worksheet!
Fourth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Worksheet
Compare and Contrast in Poetry: “January” and “The Wind”
Compare and Contrast in Poetry: “January” and “The Wind”
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Compare and Contrast in Poetry: “January” and “The Wind”
Seventh Grade
Reading
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.
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Compare and Contrast in Poetry: “January” and “The Wind”
Compare and Contrast in Poetry: “January” and “The Wind”
Worksheet
Compare and Contrast in Poetry: “January” and “The Wind”
In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.
Seventh Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Review: Metaphors and Similes
Review: Metaphors and Similes
Worksheet
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Review: Metaphors and Similes
Fourth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Learners discover the magic of figurative language in this reading and writing exercise.
Worksheet
Review: Metaphors and Similes
Review: Metaphors and Similes
Worksheet
Review: Metaphors and Similes
Learners discover the magic of figurative language in this reading and writing exercise.
Fourth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Worksheet
Literal and Nonliteral Language
Literal and Nonliteral Language
Worksheet
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Literal and Nonliteral Language
Third Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
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!
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Literal and Nonliteral Language
Literal and Nonliteral Language
Worksheet
Literal and Nonliteral Language
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!
Third Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Worksheet
Metaphor and Simile Search
Metaphor and Simile Search
Worksheet
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Metaphor and Simile Search
Second Grade
Reading
Get students thinking figuratively by having them connect their understanding of metaphors and similes to the books they read in class. Students will seek out a metaphor or simile in their reading, consider the quote's context, then explain what they thin
Worksheet
Metaphor and Simile Search
Metaphor and Simile Search
Worksheet
Metaphor and Simile Search
Get students thinking figuratively by having them connect their understanding of metaphors and similes to the books they read in class. Students will seek out a metaphor or simile in their reading, consider the quote's context, then explain what they thin
Second Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Similes and Metaphors: Comparisons Done Right
Similes and Metaphors: Comparisons Done Right
Lesson Plan
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Similes and Metaphors: Comparisons Done Right
Fourth Grade
Reading
Your little poets will love how their creative writing abilities will grow with this lesson about similes and metaphors. Students engage in fun activities to learn about similes and metaphors and write comparisons as directed.
Lesson Plan
Similes and Metaphors: Comparisons Done Right
Similes and Metaphors: Comparisons Done Right
Lesson Plan
Similes and Metaphors: Comparisons Done Right
Your little poets will love how their creative writing abilities will grow with this lesson about similes and metaphors. Students engage in fun activities to learn about similes and metaphors and write comparisons as directed.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Lesson Plan
T-Chart: Descriptive Adjectives and Nouns
T-Chart: Descriptive Adjectives and Nouns
Worksheet
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T-Chart: Descriptive Adjectives and Nouns
Fifth Grade
Reading
This graphic organizer helps your students examine descriptive adjectives and nouns.
Worksheet
T-Chart: Descriptive Adjectives and Nouns
T-Chart: Descriptive Adjectives and Nouns
Worksheet
T-Chart: Descriptive Adjectives and Nouns
This graphic organizer helps your students examine descriptive adjectives and nouns.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Identifying Alliteration, Descriptive Adjectives, and Nouns
Identifying Alliteration, Descriptive Adjectives, and Nouns
Worksheet
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Identifying Alliteration, Descriptive Adjectives, and Nouns
Fifth Grade
Reading
Get plenty of practice with alliteration by identifying and creating alliterative sentences.
Worksheet
Identifying Alliteration, Descriptive Adjectives, and Nouns
Identifying Alliteration, Descriptive Adjectives, and Nouns
Worksheet
Identifying Alliteration, Descriptive Adjectives, and Nouns
Get plenty of practice with alliteration by identifying and creating alliterative sentences.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Identifying Personification with Nouns and Verbs
Identifying Personification with Nouns and Verbs
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Identifying Personification with Nouns and Verbs
Fifth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Students will learn to identify personification using nouns and verbs as signal words!
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Identifying Personification with Nouns and Verbs
Identifying Personification with Nouns and Verbs
Worksheet
Identifying Personification with Nouns and Verbs
Students will learn to identify personification using nouns and verbs as signal words!
Fifth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Worksheet
Idioms: Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language
Idioms: Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language
Worksheet
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Idioms: Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language
Third Grade
Writing
In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.
Worksheet
Idioms: Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language
Idioms: Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language
Worksheet
Idioms: Explaining Literal and Nonliteral Language
In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.
Third Grade
Writing
Worksheet
Wild and Wonderful Alliteration
Wild and Wonderful Alliteration
Worksheet
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Wild and Wonderful Alliteration
Fifth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Use these wacky sentences to help your students recognize alliteration as they read.
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Wild and Wonderful Alliteration
Wild and Wonderful Alliteration
Worksheet
Wild and Wonderful Alliteration
Use these wacky sentences to help your students recognize alliteration as they read.
Fifth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Worksheet
Compare and Contrast in Poetry: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and "Still will I harvest beauty where it grows"
Compare and Contrast in Poetry: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and "Still will I harvest beauty where it grows"
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Compare and Contrast in Poetry: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and "Still will I harvest beauty where it grows"
Seventh Grade
Reading
Examine the theme of beauty while reading and analyzing two different poems in this two-page worksheet for middle grades! 
Worksheet
Compare and Contrast in Poetry: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and "Still will I harvest beauty where it grows"
Compare and Contrast in Poetry: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and "Still will I harvest beauty where it grows"
Worksheet
Compare and Contrast in Poetry: "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" and "Still will I harvest beauty where it grows"
Examine the theme of beauty while reading and analyzing two different poems in this two-page worksheet for middle grades! 
Seventh Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1
Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1
Worksheet
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Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1
Fifth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.
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Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1
Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1
Worksheet
Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1
Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.
Fifth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Worksheet
Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #2
Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #2
Worksheet
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Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #2
Fifth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.
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Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #2
Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #2
Worksheet
Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #2
Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.
Fifth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Worksheet
Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Figurative Language in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Figurative Language in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Figurative Language in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Sixth Grade
Reading
Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!
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Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Figurative Language in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Figurative Language in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Targeted Reading Skills Practice: Figurative Language in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!
Sixth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Word Meaning 1
Word Meaning 1
Guided Lesson
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Word Meaning 1
Third Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
This year, third graders will be taking their vocabulary to new heights and exploring such concepts as metaphor, simile, hyperbole, and personification. This guided lesson in vocabulary and figurative language offers clear and practical definitions of new words and expressions, along with plenty of practice opportunities. Understanding vocabulary and figurative language deepens reading comprehension skills and enriches the writing process.
Guided Lesson
Word Meaning 1
Word Meaning 1
Guided Lesson
Word Meaning 1
This year, third graders will be taking their vocabulary to new heights and exploring such concepts as metaphor, simile, hyperbole, and personification. This guided lesson in vocabulary and figurative language offers clear and practical definitions of new words and expressions, along with plenty of practice opportunities. Understanding vocabulary and figurative language deepens reading comprehension skills and enriches the writing process.
Third Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Guided Lesson
Hard-Working Hyperbole
Hard-Working Hyperbole
Worksheet
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Hard-Working Hyperbole
Fourth Grade
Writing
With this worksheet, your students practice and identifying and writing hyperboles.
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Hard-Working Hyperbole
Hard-Working Hyperbole
Worksheet
Hard-Working Hyperbole
With this worksheet, your students practice and identifying and writing hyperboles.
Fourth Grade
Writing
Worksheet
Figurative Language Practice
Figurative Language Practice
Worksheet
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Figurative Language Practice
Third Grade
Figurative Language
Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.
Worksheet
Figurative Language Practice
Figurative Language Practice
Worksheet
Figurative Language Practice
Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.
Third Grade
Figurative Language
Worksheet
Fall Figurative Language Task Cards
Fall Figurative Language Task Cards
Worksheet
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Fall Figurative Language Task Cards
Fourth Grade
Reading
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.
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Fall Figurative Language Task Cards
Fall Figurative Language Task Cards
Worksheet
Fall Figurative Language Task Cards
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.
Fourth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Let's Have Pun!
Let's Have Pun!
Worksheet
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Let's Have Pun!
Fourth Grade
Vocabulary
Students will look at hilarious puns and how they use homonyms and homophones.
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Let's Have Pun!
Let's Have Pun!
Worksheet
Let's Have Pun!
Students will look at hilarious puns and how they use homonyms and homophones.
Fourth Grade
Vocabulary
Worksheet
Onomatopoeia Crossword Puzzle #1
Onomatopoeia Crossword Puzzle #1
Worksheet
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Onomatopoeia Crossword Puzzle #1
Fourth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Clap, splash, and zoom with this onomatopoeia crossword puzzle tailored for fourth and fifth graders!
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Onomatopoeia Crossword Puzzle #1
Onomatopoeia Crossword Puzzle #1
Worksheet
Onomatopoeia Crossword Puzzle #1
Clap, splash, and zoom with this onomatopoeia crossword puzzle tailored for fourth and fifth graders!
Fourth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Worksheet
Dino Photoshoot: Figurative Language in Sentences
Dino Photoshoot: Figurative Language in Sentences
Game
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Dino Photoshoot: Figurative Language in Sentences
Fifth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Explore figurative language and common expressions in this fifth-grade reading and writing game!
Game
Dino Photoshoot: Figurative Language in Sentences
Dino Photoshoot: Figurative Language in Sentences
Game
Dino Photoshoot: Figurative Language in Sentences
Explore figurative language and common expressions in this fifth-grade reading and writing game!
Fifth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Game
Play on Words
Play on Words
Worksheet
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Play on Words
Fourth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Learners will practice identifying and decoding figurative language as they read and decipher five practice sentences.
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Play on Words
Play on Words
Worksheet
Play on Words
Learners will practice identifying and decoding figurative language as they read and decipher five practice sentences.
Fourth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Worksheet
Onomatopoeia Practice: Camping Adventures
Onomatopoeia Practice: Camping Adventures
Worksheet
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Onomatopoeia Practice: Camping Adventures
Fourth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Listen to burgers sizzle and rain patter in this camping-themed onomatopoeia worksheet, designed for fourth and fifth graders!
Worksheet
Onomatopoeia Practice: Camping Adventures
Onomatopoeia Practice: Camping Adventures
Worksheet
Onomatopoeia Practice: Camping Adventures
Listen to burgers sizzle and rain patter in this camping-themed onomatopoeia worksheet, designed for fourth and fifth graders!
Fourth Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Worksheet
Simile or Metaphor
Simile or Metaphor
Worksheet
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Simile or Metaphor
Second Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Can you tell the difference between a simile and a metaphor? Students will seek to distinguish between—and determine the meanings of—simple similes and metaphors with this multiple choice activity.
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Simile or Metaphor
Simile or Metaphor
Worksheet
Simile or Metaphor
Can you tell the difference between a simile and a metaphor? Students will seek to distinguish between—and determine the meanings of—simple similes and metaphors with this multiple choice activity.
Second Grade
Grammar and Mechanics
Worksheet
A Nation’s Strength
A Nation’s Strength
Worksheet
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A Nation’s Strength
Fifth Grade
Reading
In this reading and writing worksheet about the poem “A Nation’s Strength” by William Ralph Emerson, students will use their understanding of figurative language to identify and define metaphors and difficult vocabulary.
Worksheet
A Nation’s Strength
A Nation’s Strength
Worksheet
A Nation’s Strength
In this reading and writing worksheet about the poem “A Nation’s Strength” by William Ralph Emerson, students will use their understanding of figurative language to identify and define metaphors and difficult vocabulary.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Worksheet
Puzzling Puns
Puzzling Puns
Worksheet
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Puzzling Puns
Fourth Grade
Figurative Language
In this fun worksheet, students will get to practice using both homophones and homonyms as they identify and write puns!
Worksheet
Puzzling Puns
Puzzling Puns
Worksheet
Puzzling Puns
In this fun worksheet, students will get to practice using both homophones and homonyms as they identify and write puns!
Fourth Grade
Figurative Language
Worksheet
Figurative Language
Figurative Language
Workbook
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Figurative Language
Fifth Grade
Reading
Descriptive language and metaphoric phrases take the spotlight in this workbook. Kids use new vocabulary and common phrases to tackle writing skills.
Workbook
Figurative Language
Figurative Language
Workbook
Figurative Language
Descriptive language and metaphoric phrases take the spotlight in this workbook. Kids use new vocabulary and common phrases to tackle writing skills.
Fifth Grade
Reading
Workbook
Understanding Allusions
Understanding Allusions
Interactive Worksheet
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Understanding Allusions
Seventh Grade
Figurative Language
Don’t let allusions be your Achilles’ heel—practice interpreting and writing them with this seventh- and eighth-grade worksheet!
Interactive Worksheet
Understanding Allusions
Understanding Allusions
Interactive Worksheet
Understanding Allusions
Don’t let allusions be your Achilles’ heel—practice interpreting and writing them with this seventh- and eighth-grade worksheet!
Seventh Grade
Figurative Language
Interactive Worksheet
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