1st - 4th Grade Literary Devices and Figurative Language Educational Resources

Students hone their language and grammar skills with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

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

Clap, splash, and zoom with this onomatopoeia crossword puzzle tailored for fourth and fifth graders!

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

Get fourth and fifth graders' creativity flowing with this personification worksheet! 

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

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

Practice using onomatopoeia like hiss, squeak, and boom in this fun language puzzle!

Learn onomatopoeia while you experience an exciting video game quest!

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

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.

If your students need support in matching obscure words with the deeper meaning, invite them to use the clues on this worksheet to match words and phrases with their corresponding meanings.

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.

Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.

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

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

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

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

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used in poetry. Use this classic poem with your students to practice identifying alliteration in context.

In this mid-year assessment, students will apply their language arts knowledge to a broad set of problems.

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

In this worksheet, learners will practice identifying metaphors as they color in the logs that contain them.

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

Alliteration is a fun way to play with language! Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration