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2nd - 5th Grade Common Core Literary Devices and Figurative Language Educational Resources

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

Figurative Language Handout

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

Explore figurative language in context with this personification worksheet designed for fifth through eigth graders!&nbsp;

Personification in Context

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


Similes 1

Collect examples of personification as you read with this helpful worksheet!

Personification: Examples in Context

Students will finally have a name to describe the “dog ate my homework” storytelling that runs rampant throughout childhood with this hyperbole exercise.


Hyperbole

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

Practice using personification with this autumnal worksheet created for fifth through eighth graders!

Personification Practice: Fall Orchard Adventures

Put your creative side to work with this fun writing activity!

Personification: Bring Your Writing to Life

Learn onomatopoeia while you experience an exciting video game quest!

Onomatopoeia Practice: Video Game Adventures

In this engaging reading comprehension worrksheet, learners read an original two-page story and answer a set of comprehension questions.

Reading Comprehension: No Sudden Moves

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


Idioms 1

Practice analyzing poetry with&nbsp;one of Emily Dickinson&rsquo;s most popular poems!

Analyzing Poetry:  “‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers" by Emily Dickinson

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


Similes 2

Students will be able to creatively apply metaphors to their discussions after they complete this exercise.


Metaphors 3

Give a cultural lesson and expand your students’ vocabulary at the same time with this idioms exercise.


Idioms 2

Help students learn how to categorize objects with this exercise that educates them about oxymorons.


Oxymoron

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

Assess your students’ knowledge of the eight most common types of figurative language.

Figurative Language: Figure It Out!

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

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

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