Common Core Simile Resources

Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with this worksheet featuring summer-themed similes!

Students hone their ability to spot literary devices with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

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

Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.

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

If someone loses their glasses, are they as blind as a bee or a bat? This fill-in-the-blank worksheet introduces your child to popular similes.

This worksheet will help your child understand what similes are, and she'll even get to use her imagination to write some of her own!

Introduce readers to the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Children are introduced to Tennyson the Turtle, a reptile who likes to use metaphors and similes, in this appealing worksheet!

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.

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Halloween-themed similes!

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.

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.

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.

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!

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Valentine's Day-themed similes!

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?

Take an Earth Day-themed adventure through this figurative language maze!

Help your EL students use linking words to write similes!

Are you as quick as lightning? Learn about similes with this fun activity. Pick a simile and draw a picture to represent it.

These similes got mixed up! With this simile worksheet, students will choose from a selection of words to complete the scrambled similes.

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

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.