What does "when pigs fly" mean if pigs can't really fly? Kids use context clues to learn the meanings of common idioms on this third grade reading worksheet.

Search this puzzle for onomatopoeias of animal sounds in other languages! How do they compare to the onomatopoeias you know?

Help your students identify if alliteration is used in these funny sentences!

Having fun with words and sounds! Extend your students’ experience with onomatopoeia by giving them words to sort and asking them to identify how an author could use specific words in their writing.

When your students read this exaggerated tale, they will find a ton of hyperboles!

Help your EL students use linking words to write similes!

Children will love coming up with creative drawings that depict common idioms literally in this engaging grammar worksheet.

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

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

If your students need more practice with onomatopoeia, this worksheet will provide them with examples of common animal sounds and related contexts.

Students will learn to identify onomatopoeia using a word bank and context clues.

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 ski

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

When your students read this silly poem, they will find examples of hyperbole. Then, they will make a connection to another language concept: superlatives!

Kids practice using idioms in this figurative language worksheet.

This worksheet is a beast! That's a metaphor, and your child will be writing their own metaphors in no time, then they can use them in a poem.

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

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.

Use these wacky sentences to help your students recognize alliteration as they read.

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

Oxymorons are seriously fun business! Your fifth graders will have fun making oxymorons by matching contradictory words, as well as crafting unique sentences as they practice using these antithetical phrases in their writing.

Help your students understand figurative language as they practice identifying homonyms!

Teach your students about hyperbole using music! First, let them practice interpreting hyperboles. Then, play a song (or provide lyrics) and invite them to listen for an example of hyperbole.

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

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

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

Help your budding wordsmiths develop their figurative language skills with this fun pun activity! This is a great worksheet for students to practice identifying and using homophones as they work to create their very own puns!

Help your students practice adding hyperbole into their writing.

It's time to change boring to extraordinary with hyperbole magic! Your fifth graders will enjoy rewriting simple statements using hyperbole to exaggerate. Once they finish, they will be the smartest students in the world.