3rd - 8th Grade Figurative Language Resources : Page 6

Oxymorons are seriously fun business! Your fifth graders will have fun making oxymorons by matching contradictory words, as well as crafting unique sentences as they practice using these antithetical phrases in their writing.

Introduce learners to this fun form of figurative language with this entertaining worksheet.

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

Use this worksheet to help students practice understanding homophonic puns.

It's time to change boring to extraordinary with hyperbole magic! Your fifth graders will enjoy rewriting simple statements using hyperbole to exaggerate. Once they finish, they will be the smartest students in the world.

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

What do you call a pig that does karate? A pork chop! This figurative language worksheet gives your students a chance to create art to represent puns. Kids will have fun reading the puns and making their own illustrations to accompany them!

Help your students understand figurative language as they practice identifying homonyms!

Use this awfully good worksheet about using an oxymoron to inspire creative writing.

In this fun worksheet, students will get to practice using both homophones and homonyms as they identify and write puns!

Help students understand homographic puns and how to use them.

Challenge your students to write sentences using alliteration!

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

Help your students practice using two antonyms to create an oxymoron.

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!

Students will laugh as they practice using alliteration in this fun writing worksheet.

Your students will love getting creative as they turn ordinary statements into hyperboles.

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

These 24 cards will introduce your students to common sound words!

Use this worksheet for more practice identifying alliteration.

Help your students use homonyms to write their own puns as they practice using figurative language with this fun activity!

Engage your students with eggciting wordplay and food puns!

Students will get even better at creating punny sentences as they use homonyms!

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Sense of Metaphors.

Give your students exposure to funny puns related to animals!

Students will love reading these wacky sentences to practice recognizing alliteration as they read.

Let’s exaggerate! Hyperboles are a fun way for students to spice up their writing.