3rd - 8th Grade Figurative Language Worksheets : Page 2

Introduce your students to these common English idioms, used in the context of a sentence.

Introduce your students to some common English idioms and their meanings.

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!

Children read a passage from L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, then answer a series of questions in this reading comprehension worksheet.

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.

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!

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

Students make connections between classic and modern literature by identifying shared character archetypes found in each.

Get a taste of verbal irony with this figurative language worksheet in which students study the definitions and examples of sarcasm, exaggeration, and understatement.

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

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

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

Successful students set sail with alliteration! Use this resource with your students to practice writing sentences using alliteration.

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

Your mind will burst with knowledge after completing this hyperbole activity! Turn normal skills and traits into larger-than-life abilities using exaggeration.

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

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

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

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

Help your students practice identifying and writing alliterative sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?