2nd - 5th Grade Figurative Language Resources : Page 2

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

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.

This resource makes matching idioms as easy as pie! ​Students will pair idioms based on their identical meaning.

This poem offers a fun, memorable example for students as they learn to interpret figurative language in works of poetry and literature.

Have fun with hyperbole in this funny fill-in story-writing worksheet!

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

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!

Introduce your students to some common English idioms and their meanings.

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

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

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.

Introduce your students to vocabulary words that will strengthen their descriptive writing!

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

In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.

How is a grapefruit like a moon? They are both round! Students will identify which items are being compared in a metaphor, then describe one way they are alike.

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?

Use this worksheet to review figurative language! Students will write what they think each idiom on this worksheet means.

Introduce your students to analogies with this fun, fill-in-the-blank worksheet!

Students will read metaphors and identify how the two things being compared are alike.

This worksheet is a slam dunk for metaphors! Your young writer will learn what makes up a metaphor, and then practice making a few of their own.

Introduce your students to these common English idioms, used in the context of a sentence.

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