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


Similes 1

Sort similes as emotions, actions, or appearances.

Sorting 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!

Silly Similes

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


Similes 2

Kids categorize similes by emotions, actions, and appearances.

Muggo's Brain: Sorting 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!

Scrambled Similes

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

Reading & Understanding Similes

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


Similes 3

Use this lesson to help your ELs understand the structure and meaning of similes. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson Soulful Similes and Musical Metaphors.

Similes with Linking Words

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

Metaphors and Similes

Help your EL students use linking words to write similes!

Writing Similes with Linking Words

Help kids learn about similes with this sorting game.

Sorting Similes in Muggo's Brain

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

Examples of Similes

This lesson provides a concrete introduction to similes. Students will get a confidence boost after working together and completing some fun and colorful worksheets.

Introduction to Similes

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Similes with Linking Words.

Glossary: Similes with Linking Words

Glossary: Using Adjectives and Similes to Describe.

Glossary: Using Adjectives and Similes to Describe

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

Figurative Language Maze: Summer Similes

Baby, you're a firework! In this musical lesson, your students will use context clues to determine the meaning of similes and metaphors in popular music. They will then use this knowledge to write their own metaphors and similes.



Soulful Similes and Musical Metaphors

This lesson will give students an opportunity to have fun while learning about and using similes.

Making Similes as Easy as Pie

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Similes with Linking Words.

Vocabulary Cards: Similes with Linking Words

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

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.

Similes and Metaphors: Comparisons Done Right

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

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

Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Using Adjectives and Similes to Describe.

Vocabulary Cards: Using Adjectives and Similes to Describe

Every student is unique. This lesson emphasizes that uniqueness by having young learners use similes to share some of the traits that make them special. It features Quick as a Cricket by Audrey Wood and a fantastic storyboard exercise.

Similes That Describe ME!

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

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

Making Sense of Figurative Language 2


Similes, metaphors, and idioms are some of the most widely used literary devices in both speaking and writing. Students will review each of these and practice creating some of their own. 


Similes, Metaphors, and Idioms of Figurative Language

We've all heard not to judge a book or a person by its cover. This topic is poignantly covered in the Vietnamese myth of the Crystal Heart. In this lesson, students will read the myth and write similes in the style of the fisherman's song.

The Crystal Heart: Writing Similes

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