4th - 8th Grade Figurative Language Resources : Page 2

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.

Middle school writers practice rewriting sentences using personification to add description and make the sentences more exciting!

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

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

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

Learners use their background knowledge and sentence-based context clues to determine the meaning of more common allusions.

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

Get students thinking critically and creatively about character archetypes in the novels they’re reading with this engaging reading activity!

What does "when pigs fly" mean if pigs can't really fly? Kids use context clues to learn the meanings of common idioms on this third grade reading worksheet.

This grammar worksheet gives students a chance to study real examples of figurative language in context, including similes, metaphors, idioms, and personification.

Put all your Easter eggs in this worksheet! Help your students use the context of a sentence to discover the meaning of these Easter idioms.

As quiet as a mouse or as quiet as a cucumber? Kids will learn the definition of a simile, then use pictures as clues to complete the similes.

Invite learners to practice identifying examples of hyperbole with this fun Earth Day maze!

Learners will have fun honing their language and grammar skills with this fall-themed figurative language maze!

Practice identifying hyperbole with this engaging winter-themed figurative language maze!

Learners will practice identifying and decoding figurative language as they read and decipher five practice sentences.

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

Search this puzzle for onomatopoeias of animal sounds in other languages! How do they compare to the onomatopoeias you know?

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

Students study real examples of verbal irony, puns, personification, and allusions in context with this eighth-grade worksheet! 

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

Use this worksheet to review figurative language! Students will write what they think each idiom on this worksheet means.

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

Have your learners practice identifying hyperboles with this fun, seasonal figurative language maze.