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2nd - 5th Grade Simile Educational Resources

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

Figurative Language Handout

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

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!

Scrambled Similes

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

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

Review: Metaphors and Similes

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.

Similes: Clear as Crystal

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!

Silly Similes

Kids categorize similes by emotions, actions, and appearances.

Muggo's Brain: Sorting Similes

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

Figurative Language Maze: Summer Similes

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

Figurative Language Maze: Winter Similes

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

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


Similes 2

Students will be as confident in writing as a Pulitzer Prize winner after completing this final exercise in the similes series.


Similes 3

As students begin to read more sophisticated texts, understanding how authors use figurative language becomes critical. In this unit, students will revisit some of the figurative language they learned in fourth grade and also study some new ones too, including onomatopoeia, hyperbole, puns and oxymorons. Analyzing how figurative language is used in texts will help readers apply what they have learned.

Figurative Language

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.

Word Meaning 1

Words are the wondrous building blocks in language. This unit increases students’ word knowledge by introducing more challenging vocabulary and exploring how words are related. Learners will also discover some of the ways words are constructed using derivational root words, prefixes, suffixes, and compound words. Students will get to explore and create fun literary devices such as similes, idioms and metaphors.

Word Meaning 2

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

Figurative Language Practice

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

Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1

The reading and writing practice in this workbook will get kids thinking about all the different parts that go into a good story, like vocabulary, structure and sequencing.

Reading Skills: Sentences to Stories

Descriptive language and metaphoric phrases take the spotlight in this workbook. Kids use new vocabulary and common phrases to tackle writing skills.

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

Metaphors and Similes

Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #2

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

Making Sense of Figurative Language 1

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?

The Twisted Ankle

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

Making Sense of Figurative Language 2

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.

Write Your Own Similes

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

Reading & Understanding Similes

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

Simile Scramble

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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