3rd - 7th Grade Figurative Language Resources : Page 4

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

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

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

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

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

Brush up on your figurative language skills this fall season with this engaging metaphors maze!

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

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

In this exercise, students will use linking verbs to write metaphors with support.

Challenge your students to use what they know about idioms to find the double meaning in these silly puns. They will ‘get a kick’ out of it!

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

Get ready for some serious fun! Your students will be amused as they learn to identify oxymorons in sentences. Then, they will write their own.

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

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

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

This exercise will get your students inferring the meaning of unknown metaphors.

Students will learn about the history of hyperbole in literature and politics.

Use these wacky sentences to help your students recognize alliteration as they read.

Kids practice using idioms in this figurative language worksheet.

Have some fun with the alphabet as you learn all about alliteration! Create an alliteration for every letter of the alphabet.

As your students read these silly limericks, they’ll identify examples of hyperbole.

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

Students will learn common animal sound words in different languages!

Help your EL students use linking words to write similes!

Your students will have fun identifying the homophones in these hilarious puns!

In this engaging worksheet, learners will practice identifying, working with, and writing hyperboles.

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