How is a grapefruit like a moon? They are both round! Students will identify which items are being compared in a metaphor, then describe one way they are alike.

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

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this middle grades worksheet! 

In this two-page worksheet, learners will use context clues to decipher the meaning of idioms used on literal and non-literal contexts.

Use this worksheet to teach your students to write compound sentences with the support of sentence frames as they differentiate between literal and nonliteral meanings of idioms. Don’t forget the context clues!

Practice identifying hyperbole with this engaging winter-themed figurative language maze!

Students will read metaphors and identify how the two things being compared are alike.

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

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

Use this activity to help students find and decipher metaphors in the context of short passages. Students will read the passages, record what is being compared in each, and then seek to explain the metaphors' meanings in their own words.

This worksheet is a slam dunk for metaphors! Your young writer will learn what makes up a metaphor, and then practice making a few of their own.

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

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

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.

Encourage creativity and critical thinking about the characters in The Hunger Games with this artistic extension activity!

Use this worksheet to review figurative language! Students will write what they think each idiom on this worksheet means.

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

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

Give kids a chance to think creatively about metaphors by letting them write their own! Students will stretch their imaginations and figurative language skills as they think of ways to describe their class, bedroom, and more.

Search this puzzle for animal onomatopoeias. An onomatopoeia is a word that imitates the sound that it's describing. These words are sounds made by animals!

Engage your students with food puns to excite their appetites and brains!

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?

Invite learners to practice identifying examples of hyperbole with this fun Earth Day maze!

Give your learners fun practice identifying hyperboles with this sweet figurative language maze.

After reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, challenge students to think about the symbolism of the costumes in the novel and get creative!

Give your learners some fun figurative language practice with Valentine's Day-themed similes!