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2nd - 4th Grade Figurative Language Worksheets : Page 3

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Idioms.

Vocabulary Cards: Idioms

Children will discover how figurative language can enliven writing in this fun cut-and-paste worksheet.

Rainy Day Friend Classroom Story

Children draw the literal meaning of a few idiomatic expressions as they consider their true social meaning.

Show Your Idioms

Students will get to play with words as they explore a variety of oxymorons in this seriously fun worksheet! As kids explain the meaning of these contradictory terms, they’ll learn how figurative language can add humor and intrigue to their writing!

Seriously Fun Oxymorons!

Help your students practice identifying and writing alliterative sentences

Finish the Alliteration

In this engaging worksheet, learners will practice identifying, working with, and writing hyperboles.

Fun With Hyperboles

Are you so hungry you could eat a horse? Your students will have fun identifying the examples of  hyperbole and idioms in this worksheet.

Expressions Explained

Get students thinking figuratively by having them connect their understanding of metaphors and similes to the books they read in class. Students will seek out a metaphor or simile in their reading, consider the quote's context, then explain what they thin

Metaphor and Simile Search

Silly sentences will have your students smiling! Use this resource with your students to practice writing silly sentences with alliteration.

Figurative Language: Silly Alliteration

Students will look at hilarious puns and how they use homonyms and homophones.

Let's Have Pun!

This fantastically fun worksheet is a great way for students to practice using alliteration.

Make It Alliterate

In this fun worksheet, students will get to practice using both homophones and homonyms as they identify and write puns!

Puzzling Puns

Students will be rolling with laughter as they read and write their own puns!

Let's Have Even More Pun!

This fun worksheet is an appealing way for students to see how hyperboles can add joy and humor to the writing process.

Hilarious Hyperbole

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Figurative Language.

Vocabulary Cards: Figurative Language

Have some fun with the alphabet as you learn all about alliteration! Create an alliteration for every letter of the alphabet.

Alphabet Alliteration

Give your students exposure to funny puns related to animals!

Animal Puns

Teach your students about contradictory phrases that go by the funny sounding name of "oxymoron." After your students match two words together to make oxymorons, they’ll write their own creative sentences using this fun figurative language tool.

Make a Match with Oxymorons

With this worksheet, your students practice and identifying and writing hyperboles.

Hard-Working Hyperbole

Metaphors are imaginative ways to describe something by comparing that thing to something else. With this worksheet, students will write a metaphor for each pair of given words.

Making Metaphors

Many idioms are a dime a dozen. Give kids a chance to flex their figurative language skills and creativity by having them write and illustrate their very own idioms. Students will find that time really does fly when they're having fun!

My Own Idiom

Use this worksheet to provide students with even more practice using both homophones and homonyms as they identify and write their own puns!

More Puzzling Puns

Students will play with words as they explore a variety of oxymorons in this fun worksheet. As kids identify these contradictory terms and integrate them into sentences, they’ll see how figurative language can add humor and intrigue to their writing!

Inside Out Oxymorons!

Help students understand homographic puns and how to use them.

Homographic Puns

What do you call a pig that does karate? A pork chop! This figurative language worksheet gives your students a chance to create art to represent puns. Kids will have fun reading the puns and making their own illustrations to accompany them!

Pun Art #1

Use this worksheet to help students practice understanding homophonic puns.

Homophonic Puns

Students will get even better at creating punny sentences as they use homonyms!

More Fun with Puns

This worksheet provides great practice for students to use alliteration in their writing.

Writing with Alliteration

Engage your students with eggciting wordplay and food puns!

Fun with Food Puns #2

In this worksheet, children will read five sentences, underlining the word that is an example of onomatopoeia.

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