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2nd - 4th Grade Common Core Literary Devices and Figurative Language Educational Resources

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

Figurative Language Maze: Winter Similes

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

Onomatopoeia Crossword Puzzle #2

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

Onomatopoeia Crossword Puzzle #1

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

Figurative Language Maze: Summer Similes

Get fourth and fifth graders&#39; creativity flowing with this personification worksheet!&nbsp;

Complete Sentences Using Personification

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

Figurative Language Maze: Fall Similes

Once students get underway with this Education.com exercise, learning about similes is easy as pie.


Similes 1

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

Onomatopoeia Practice: Camping Adventures

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

Onomatopoeia Crossword Puzzle #3

Learn onomatopoeia while you experience an exciting video game quest!

Onomatopoeia Practice: Video Game Adventures

Introduce students to the world of idioms with this exercise that shares some of the most common expressions in the English language.


Idioms 1

Your students will be all smiles when learning how to compare objects with this similes exercise.


Similes 2

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

Figurative Language Practice

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.

Similes: Easy as Pie

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.

Match the Meaning

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.

Simile or Metaphor

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

Figurative Language: Idioms

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

Metaphors and Similes

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

Making Sense of Figurative Language 1

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

Examples of Hyperbole! Part 1

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

Review: Metaphors and Similes

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.

Figurative Language: Alliteration in Poetry

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

Mixed Review Language Arts Assessment

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

Having Fun with Hyperbole

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

What Is a Metaphor?

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

Making Sense of Figurative Language 2

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

Figurative Language: Identifying Alliteration

Teach students how to use short stories to illustrate a point with this engaging exercise.


Metaphors 2

What's a metaphor? How do you haiku? Kids will hone reading and writing skills with this book, from a simple syllable counting exercise to inventing rhymes and tangling with the Jabberwocky!

Pick a Peck of Poetry

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Figurative Language.

Glossary: Figurative Language

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