2nd - 7th Grade Figurative Language Worksheets

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.

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

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.

Practice analyzing figurative language in context with this excerpt from C.S. Lewis’s classic fantasy novel, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe!

Students hone their ability to spot literary devices with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

BOOM! This worksheet is full of all kinds of sound-based words, from creaks to squeaks.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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!

Introduce readers to the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

Students read a two-page adaptation of "The Gift of the Magi" and dig deep into the figurative language and literary devices of this classic story!

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

Introduce your students to eight common types of figurative language with this colorful exercise.

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?

Examine the theme of beauty while reading and analyzing two different poems in this two-page worksheet for middle grades! 

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

Help your writing sing with personification! Practice identifying the different examples of personification in this poem by Emily Dickinson.

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

Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.

Learners will use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of common allusions.

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

Practice identifying metaphors with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

In this reading comprehension worksheet, learners compare and contrast two poems, focusing on structure, tone, and literary devices used in each.

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

Alliteration is a fun way to play with language! Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration

After finishing Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief, students reflect on the author's use of dialogue and literary techniques to drive the story.