3rd - 8th Grade Metaphor Worksheets

Help students learn and remember key types of figurative language with this convenient handout!

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

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

Practice identifying metaphors with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

Children are introduced to Tennyson the Turtle, a reptile who likes to use metaphors and similes, in this appealing worksheet!

Introduce readers to the poem “We Wear the Mask” by Paul Laurence Dunbar with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

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

Learners discover the magic of figurative language in this reading and writing exercise.

In this worksheet, learners will practice identifying metaphors as they color in the logs that contain them.

Introduce readers to the poem “O Captain! My Captain!” by American poet Walt Whitman with this seventh-grade reading comprehension worksheet! 

Introduce readers to the poem "The Song of Wandering Aengus" by William Butler Yeats with this poetry analysis worksheet!
 

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

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

Practice identifying metaphors with this fun, summer-themed figurative language maze!

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Introduce your students to analogies with this fun, fill-in-the-blank worksheet!

Ideal for fourth and fifth graders, this worksheet includes figurative language examples and definitions on the first page, and a second full page of questions and tasks that can be used to check for understanding.

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.

In this reading and writing worksheet about the poem “A Nation’s Strength” by William Ralph Emerson, students will use their understanding of figurative language to identify and define metaphors and difficult vocabulary.

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

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Sense of Metaphors.

Introduce readers to the poem “I like to see it lap the Miles” by beloved American poet Emily Dickinson.

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

Celebrate our planet with this Earth Day-themed metaphors maze!

Let your figurative language skills blossom with this middle-grade springtime metaphor maze!