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

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

Learners will practice identifying and decoding figurative language as they read and decipher five practice sentences.

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Idioms.

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

Metaphors are imaginative ways to describe something by comparing that thing to something else. With this worksheet, students will write a metaphor for each pair of given words.

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.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Idioms.

Take things to the extreme with this hyperbole practice sheet! Learn to use exaggeration to make your writing more descriptive.

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

Students will play with words as they explore a variety of oxymorons in this fun worksheet. As kids identify these contradictory terms and integrate them into sentences, they’ll see how figurative language can add humor and intrigue to their writing

Young writers will work with animal metaphors as they plan and craft a poem about someone they know.

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson Plan: Figurative Language.

Get plenty of practice with alliteration by identifying and creating alliterative sentences.

In this worksheet, students will read Carl Sandburg's poem "Fog," then analyze the poem for figurative language.

Play around with word sounds in this figurative language worksheet! Learn to identify assonance and consonance, two common poetic devices.

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.

Introduce your students to visual puns with these fun images! Then, challenge them to come up with their own visual puns.

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

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

Give your students a case of the giggles with twelve funny pun cards that use similar sounding words and phrases to create double meaning.

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.

Students will learn to identify personification using nouns and verbs as signal words!

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

Silly sentences will have your students smiling! Use this resource with your students to practice writing silly sentences with alliteration.

Help your students practice adding hyperbole into their writing.

Students will get to play with words as they explore a variety of oxymorons in this seriously fun worksheet! As kids explain the meaning of these contradictory terms, they’ll learn how figurative language can add humor and intrigue to their writing!

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

Challenge your students to find the definitions of each homograph that give these puns their double meaning.

Get students thinking figuratively by having them connect their understanding of metaphors and similes to the books they read in class. Students will seek out a metaphor or simile in their reading, consider the quote's context, then explain what they