4th and 5th Grade Common Core Figurative Language Resources

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.

BOOM! This worksheet is full of all kinds of sound-based words, from creaks to squeaks.

Students hone their ability to spot literary devices with this fun, winter-themed figurative language maze!

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

Introduce your students to eight common types of figurative language with this colorful exercise.

Use this resource with your students to practice using context clues to determine the meaning of idioms.

If someone loses their glasses, are they as blind as a bee or a bat? This fill-in-the-blank worksheet introduces your child to popular similes.

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

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

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

Assess your students’ knowledge of the eight most common types of figurative language.

This worksheet will help your child understand what similes are, and she'll even get to use her imagination to write some of her own!

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

Alliteration is a fun way to play with language! Use this resource with your students to practice identifying examples of alliteration

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

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

This resource makes matching idioms as easy as pie! ​Students will pair idioms based on their identical meaning.

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

Alliteration is a type of figurative language that is often used in poetry. Use this classic poem with your students to practice identifying alliteration in context.

This poem offers a fun, memorable example for students as they learn to interpret figurative language in works of poetry and literature.

Have fun with hyperbole in this funny fill-in story-writing worksheet!