2nd - 6th Grade Figurative Language Resources : Page 7

These 24 cards will introduce your students to common sound words!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Sense of Metaphors.

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

Students will love reading these wacky sentences to practice recognizing alliteration as they read.

Let’s exaggerate! Hyperboles are a fun way for students to spice up their writing.

This wonderful worksheet is a great way for students to practice using alliteration!

An oxymoron is a figure of speech made up of words with very different meanings. In this creative writing activity, students will put their figurative language skills to the test as they craft a story using some catchy contradictory phrases!

Your students will love getting creative as they turn ordinary statements into hyperboles.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: An Introduction to Onomatopoeia.

Students will laugh as they practice using alliteration in this fun writing worksheet.

Help students understand homographic puns and how to use them.

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

What could be more fun than using hyperbole? Adding superlatives! Your students will have fun identifying both of these figures of speech in this worksheet.

Use this awfully good worksheet about using an oxymoron to inspire creative writing.

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

Why is the math book so sad? It has too many problems! Help your students bring puns to life by having them create visuals to represent the play on words. Kids will have a blast reading the puns and making their own illustrations to accompany them.

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

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!

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

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Personification Practice.

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

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

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

Have fun with figurative language with these Halloween exaggerations that are sure to spook your students! They will enjoy the chance to write their own hyperboles with these over-the-top sentences.

Challenge your students to write sentences using alliteration!