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2nd - 7th Grade Common Core Simile Educational Resources

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

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Figurative Language Handout

Students hone their language and grammar skills with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

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Figurative Language Maze: Winter Similes

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with this worksheet featuring summer-themed similes!

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Figurative Language Maze: Summer Similes

Students will learn to identify and interpret similes, metaphors, and personification in writing.

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Figurative Language Practice

Introduce readers to the poem &ldquo;We Wear the Mask&rdquo; by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!<br />
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Analyzing Poetry: “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar

Take an Earth Day-themed adventure through this figurative language maze!

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Figurative Language Maze: Earth Day Similes

Children work with two forms of figurative language in this grammar worksheet.

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Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #1

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.

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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!

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Scrambled Similes

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


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Similes 1

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.

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Simile or Metaphor

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


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Similes 2

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

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Figurative Language in Context #1

Learners discover the magic of figurative language in this reading and writing exercise.

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Review: Metaphors and Similes

Children are introduced to Tennyson the Turtle, a reptile who likes to use metaphors and similes, in this appealing worksheet!

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Metaphors and Similes

Descriptive language and metaphoric phrases take the spotlight in this workbook. Kids use new vocabulary and common phrases to tackle writing skills.

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Figurative Language

Learners will have fun honing their language and grammar skills with this fall-themed figurative language maze!

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Figurative Language Maze: Fall Similes

Children practice identifying and interpreting one type of figurative language, similes, in nine sample sentences.

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Making Sense of Figurative Language 2

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

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Making Sense of Figurative Language 1

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.

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Similes: Clear as Crystal

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!

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Silly Similes

Students will be as confident in writing as a Pulitzer Prize winner after completing this final exercise in the similes series.


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Similes 3

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Mixed Practice: Similes and Metaphors #2

This seventh-grade worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of allusion (mythological, biblical, literary, or historical), simile, personification, or metaphor. 

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Figurative Language in Context #2

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Halloween-themed similes!

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Figurative Language Maze: Halloween Similes

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Valentine&#39;s Day-themed similes!

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Figurative Language Maze: Valentine's Day Similes

Sort similes as emotions, actions, or appearances.

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Sorting Similes

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.

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Fall Figurative Language Task Cards

Are you as quick as lightning? Learn about similes with this fun activity. Pick a simile and draw a picture to represent it.

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